Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1938 752 | |
Title: | INCISED PILGRIM FLASK | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1938 | |
Object Number: | 752 | |
Description: | Small pilgrim flask with round bottom; circular body, flat on one side, rounded on other with central shallow depression with central nipple; narrow cylindrical neck, flaring to narrow vertical rim with broad groove, flat lip. Two sliced vertical handles, like pierced lugs, attached to shoulder and neck. | |
Decoration: | Incised decoration: herringbone pattern on circumference of body below handle; groups of parallel diagonal hatched lines on flat side; herringbone on either side of neck. | |
Material: | Hard-fired light red clay with frequent tiny white inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | 5YR 5/6 | |
Condition: | Complete profile. Four joining frgts., complete profile; ca. complete bottom, half one side, small part of opposite side; complete neck, rim, both handle. | |
Dimensions Actual: | H00.119 D00.033 (rim) | |
Dimensions Restored: | D00.096 (max) | |
Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
Chronology: | Context 12th c. | |
Area: | St. John's south | |
Context: | NB181 P566 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: St. John's south Image: bw 1998 010 29 Basket: NB181 P566 |