| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | C 1937 887 | |
| Title: | PLASTIC HEAD DETACHED FROM BYZANTINE CHAFING DISH | |
| Category Code: | C | |
| Year: | 1937 | |
| Object Number: | 887 | |
| Description: | Plastic animal head on long cylindrical neck, head curving slightly to proper rt.; long pointed ears laid flat, and covered with incised arcs; heavy brow, deeply pierced eyes, broad muzzle with pierced nostrils, open mouth. | |
| Decoration: | Yellow-brown glaze over all. | |
| Material: | fine clay fired red to gray-brown | |
| Munsell Color: | Near 2.5YR 5/8 to 7.5YR 5/2 | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., head and neck, broken behind; muzzle broken away; flakes on sides of head. | |
| Manufacture: | C73 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | L00.048 | |
| Period: | Middle Byzantine (802-1058 AD) | |
| Chronology: | 78 Middle to Late Byzantine | |
| Area: | Forum northeast | |
| Context: | NB168 P26 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Forum northeast Image: digital 2014 2380 Image: digital 2014 2381 Basket: NB168 P26 Notebook Page: NB 168, spread 25 (pp. 26 - 27) |
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