Corinth Object: C 1960 156
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1960 156
Title:   FRANKISH OCHRE-GLAZED PITCHER
Category Code:   C
Year:   1960
Object Number:   156
Description:   Pitcher with flat bottom, ovoid body with max. diam. below median, curving into narrow neck which then opens widely to rounded lip; trefoil mouth. Vertical strap handle attached to max. diam. And upper neck. Similar to C-1934-1, C-1937-1385.
Decoration:   Bottom and lower third of body reserved, remainder ochre glazed, becoming pale yellow on interior.
Material:   Fine buff clay with scattered fine voids, fine to coarser white, black inclusions.
Munsell Color:   Between 7.5YR 8/4 and 7.5YR 7/4
Condition:   Complete profile. One single frgt preserving all of pitcher except ca. half of rim and lip. Glaze well preserved.
Manufacture:   WM
Dimensions Actual:   H00.219 D00.111 (bottom) D00.123 (max)
Weight Description:   0.766
Weight:   0.766
Period:   Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Chronology:   13th c.
Area:   Forum southwest
    Forum
Context:   NB291 B4 P13
    NB219 B4 P13
Provenance:   Italy
Bibliography:   MacKay, Hesperia 1967 P272 N33 Pl.64
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: MacKay, Hesperia 36:3, 1967
Monument: Forum
Monument: Forum southwest
Image: bw 1961 036 29
Image: bw 1962 007 21
Basket: NB219 B4 P13
Notebook Page: NB 219, spread 12 (pp. 13 - 14)