Corinth Object: C 1938 299
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1938 299
Title:   DARK-ON-LIGHT SLIP-PAINTED PITCHER
Category Code:   C
Year:   1938
Object Number:   299
Description:   Pitcher with convex shoulder, narrow neck offset by groove.
Decoration:   White slip and pale yellow glaze on exterior, spiral band circling shoulder, 2 circumference lines at base of neck. Similar to CP 1086 (Morgan 1942, Corinth 11, cat. 638).
Material:   Moderately fine reddish-yellow clay with small and medium rounded spherical rare white and frequent gray inclusions. Few small angular platy and tabular voids.
Munsell Color:   7.5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow)
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving part of shoulder to base of neck.
Manufacture:   C79
Dimensions Preserved:   MPDim00.055
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   Based on comparanda.
Area:   Forum north central
Context:   NB177 P157
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Forum north central
Image: digital 2014 1280
Basket: NB177 P157
Notebook Page: NB 177, spread 84 (pp. 157 - 158)