Middle Byzantine chafing dishes from Argolis.

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Published: Oct 25, 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/dchae.10702
Keywords:
Middle Byzantine period glazed pottery chafing dishes dining habits Argolis Argos Nauplion.
Anastasia VASSILIOU
Dr. Archaeologist, Ephorate of Antiquities of Argolis,
Abstract
Chafing dishes constitute an elaborate type of clay vessel of the middle Byzantine period. They appear both in white and red fabric and were primarily distributed along the coast and in urban areas in the central and eastern Mediterranean. In Argolis, and in particular Argos, we have so far recorded 53 specimens, the majority of which bear a close resemblance to corresponding vessels from Corinth, Athens and Thebes and are datable on the basis of parallels mainly to the 10th-11th centuries. They would probably have been used by members of the local elite, attesting to the existence of a level of sophistication in the dining habits of the Byzantine periphery.
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