Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 2008 13 | |
Title: | BYZANTINE COOKING POT | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 2008 | |
Object Number: | 13 | |
Description: | Cooking pot with ovoid body, flaring rim with rounded lip, vertical spined handle attached at shoulder and lip; handle extends above rim. Shape similar to C-61-132 (Hesperia 36.3, p. 291, no. 98). | |
Material: | Coarse reddish yellow clay fired pale brown at core, frequent large to very large angular, spherical to platy, white lime, mudstone, gray and white stones, and sparkling inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | Surface: 5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow), Core: 10YR 6/3 (pale brown) | |
Condition: | Fragment. Two joining fragments preserve one-fourth of rim, small part of body, one complete handle. | |
Manufacture: | WM | |
Dimensions Actual: | Th. of body 0.005 | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H. to rim 0.098, H. to handle 0.104, W. 0.143 | |
Dimensions Restored: | Diam. of rim 0.17 | |
Weight Description: | 0.16 | |
Weight: | 0.16 | |
Period: | Middle Byzantine (802-1058 AD) | |
Chronology: | 10th c. based on MacKay (Hesperia 36.3, p. 291) | |
Area: | Nezi Field | |
Context: | Nezi Field, context 5755 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Nezi Field Image: digital 2009 2313 Basket: Nezi Field, context 5755 |