Corinth Object: C 2008 10
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 2008 10
Title:   "PROTOGEOMETRIC" BYZANTINE MATT-PAINTED JUG
Category Code:   C
Year:   2008
Object Number:   10
Description:   Jug with wide disk foot; squat, ovoid body; rounded shoulder separated from body by double groove, ridge around base of narrow, short, cylindrical neck. Vertical double round handle with nipple, attached to shoulder and neck. Shape as C-1933-268.
Material:   Light brown clay with few large angular spherical white lime inclusions, few large and medium voids.
Munsell Color:   7.5 YR 6/4 (light brown)
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving whole vessel except for rim and chips from base. Paint and burnishing well-preserved.
Dimensions Actual:   Diam. of foot 0.143
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.201
Weight Description:   1.160
Weight:   1.160
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   Shape 3rd quarter of 12th c.; Decoration late 11th/early 12th
Area:   Nezi Field
Context:   Nezi Field, context 5686, LOT 2008 003
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Nezi Field
Image: digital 2009 2316
Basket: Nezi Field, context 5686