Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1937 1960a | |
Title: | BROWN-GLAZED CHAFING DISH | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1937 | |
Object Number: | 1960 | |
Object Suffix: | a | |
Related Objects: | C-1937-1960b,c RIP | |
Description: | Chafing dish with wide flaring upper body, inward thickened rim. Triangular rim with broad groove on upper surface. Dish set entirely within stand. Vertical, oval handle with longitudinal spine attaches below rim and mid-body. | |
Decoration: | Incised wave pattern on upper body, exterior, just below upper handle attachment, 2 broad grooves above. Interior of bowl "brown" glazed. | |
Material: | Hard-fired gray-brown clay with frequent white, black inclusions. Granular, conchoidal, slightly hackly break. | |
Munsell Color: | 7.5YR 5/2 to N2/ | |
Condition: | Fragment. Three large frgts., preserving about 2/5 including 1/2 of the rim and upper body, and one handle. Partially restored in plaster. | |
Manufacture: | C73 | |
Dimensions Actual: | D00.229 | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H00.100 | |
Period: | Middle Byzantine (802-1058 AD) | |
Chronology: | early 10th century (Guy Sanders) | |
Area: | Forum south central | |
Context: | NB174 P100 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Forum south central Basket: NB174 P100 Notebook Page: NB 174, spread 55 (pp. 99 - 100) |