Corinth Object: C 1936 270
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)