Corinth Object: MF 2013 16
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   MF 2013 16
Title:   SOAPSTONE VESSEL
Category Code:   MF
Year:   2013
Object Number:   16
Description:   Soapstone cooking vessel with straight walls, rounded lip.
Decoration:   Horizontal ribbing below lip, five ribs visible.
Material:   Bluish-gray soapstone (pietra ollare)
Munsell Color:   Exterior: 10YR 5/2 (greyish brown), Interior: 10YR 7/1 (light grey)
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving part of rim; broken on bottom, right, and left sides. Ribbing weathered but visible on blackened exterior.
Manufacture:   WM
Weight Description:   0.062
Weight:   0.062
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   Late Byzantine by context.
Area:   Nezi Field
Context:   Nezi Field, context 1214, LOT 2013 026
Provenance:   Northern Italy (Alps)
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Nezi Field
Image: digital 2014 1035
Basket: Nezi Field, context 1214