Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1937 899 | |
Title: | IMPRESSED CONSTANTINOPOLITAN WHITE WARE FRUIT STAND | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1937 | |
Object Number: | 899 | |
Description: | Fruit stand with ridge at top of foot, flat undersurface. "A5" on original inventory book. Similar to C-1937-1656 (Morgan 1942, Corinth 11, cat. 130). | |
Decoration: | Green glaze all over except interior of foot. Interior with impressed central medallion containing cross with spreading base, and border of wavy line. | |
Material: | Pale brown clay with rare small to very large rounded and subrounded red, gray and shiny white inclusions. Rare small and medium angular and subrounded voids. | |
Munsell Color: | 10 YR 7/3 (very pale brown) | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving floor and top of foot; base broken off. | |
Period: | Middle Byzantine (802-1058 AD) | |
Chronology: | 10th-11th c., based on comparanda | |
Area: | St. John's | |
Context: | NB169 P372 | |
Bibliography: | Morgan 1942, Corinth 11, cat. 141 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: St. John's Image: digital 2014 1233 Basket: NB169 P372 Notebook Page: NB 169, spread 87 (pp. 372 - 373) |