Corinth Object: C 2008 13
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 2008 13
Title:   BYZANTINE COOKING POT
Category Code:   C
Year:   2008
Object Number:   13
Description:   Cooking pot with ovoid body, flaring rim with rounded lip, vertical spined handle attached at shoulder and lip; handle extends above rim. Shape similar to C-61-132 (Hesperia 36.3, p. 291, no. 98).
Material:   Coarse reddish yellow clay fired pale brown at core, frequent large to very large angular, spherical to platy, white lime, mudstone, gray and white stones, and sparkling inclusions.
Munsell Color:   Surface: 5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow), Core: 10YR 6/3 (pale brown)
Condition:   Fragment. Two joining fragments preserve one-fourth of rim, small part of body, one complete handle.
Manufacture:   WM
Dimensions Actual:   Th. of body 0.005
Dimensions Preserved:   H. to rim 0.098, H. to handle 0.104, W. 0.143
Dimensions Restored:   Diam. of rim 0.17
Weight Description:   0.16
Weight:   0.16
Period:   Middle Byzantine (802-1058 AD)
Chronology:   10th c. based on MacKay (Hesperia 36.3, p. 291)
Area:   Nezi Field
Context:   Nezi Field, context 5755
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Nezi Field
Image: digital 2009 2313
Basket: Nezi Field, context 5755