Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1936 471 | |
Title: | SMALL GREEN-BROWN PAINTED AMPHORA WITH PLASTICDECORATION | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1936 | |
Object Number: | 471 | |
Description: | Small amphora with disk foot, globular body, narrow neck. Two vertical strap handles attached just above max. diam. | |
Decoration: | On either face on shoulder, large plastic lizard with long mouth, flat tail, decorated with impressed dotted circles - 1 for eye, rest on body. Brown and green streaks of paint over all, over white slip, and clear glaze. | |
Material: | Fine light tan clay with scattered white inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | Between 7.5YR 7/4 and 5YR 7/5 | |
Condition: | Fragment. Several joining frgts., complete to base of neck; both handle bases; missing neck-rim, handles. | |
Manufacture: | C84 | |
Dimensions Actual: | D00.048 (foot) D00.082 (body) D00.027 (neck) | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H00.088 | |
Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
Chronology: | Late Byzantine | |
Area: | South Stoa middle | |
Context: | NB151 P101 | |
Bibliography: | Morgan 1942, Corinth 11, cat. 425 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942 Monument: South Stoa middle Basket: NB151 P101 Notebook Page: NB 151, spread 59 (pp. 100 - 101) |