Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1936 270 | |
Title: | PLAIN-GLAZED WHITE WARE PITCHER | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1936 | |
Object Number: | 270 | |
Description: | Pitcher with flat bottom, body slightly ovoid, contracting to a narrow neck, widening to a vertical rim with concave profile, vertical strap handle attached to mid-body and rim. | |
Decoration: | Glazed over all, glaze varying from green to yellow to brick red; groove for setting lower attachment of handle. | |
Material: | White to light red moderately coarse clay with small inclusions and occasional larger black inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | Near 2.5YR 6/8 | |
Condition: | Missing parts. Several joining frgts., preserving most of pitcher; nearly complete bottom, complete body, nearly complete rim, missing lip and lower half handle. | |
Manufacture: | C73 | |
Dimensions Actual: | D00.122 (bottom) | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H00.172 | |
Period: | Early Byzantine (610-802 AD) | |
Chronology: | Second half of 7th c. A.C. (Sanders) | |
Area: | South Basilica | |
Context: | NB154 P132 | |
Provenance: | Constantinople | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: South Basilica Basket: NB154 P132 Notebook Page: NB 154, spread 74 (pp. 132 - 133) |