Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1937 1176 | |
Title: | LIGHT-ON-DARK SLIP-PAINTED JUG | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1937 | |
Object Number: | 1176 | |
Description: | Pitcher (?) with convex body. | |
Decoration: | Exterior: yellow glaze and slipped double zigzag filled with spirals and dots. Similar to C-1934-620 (Morgan 1942, Corinth 11, cat. 748). Categorized as "imitation lustre ware" on original inventory notebook. | |
Material: | Fine hard light red clay with rare small and medium subrounded tabular and angular platy white inclusions. Rare subrounded spherical voids. | |
Munsell Color: | 2.5YR 6/6 (light red) | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving small part of body. | |
Manufacture: | C80 | |
Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
Chronology: | With coins to Manuel I (1143-80). 12th century, based on comparanda. | |
Area: | Forum northeast | |
Context: | NB168 P109 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Forum northeast Image: digital 2014 1246 Basket: NB168 P109 |