Corinth Object: C 1933 788
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1933 788
Title:   FINGER-PAINTED WARE PLATE
Category Code:   C
Year:   1933
Object Number:   788
Description:   Plate with low, fine vertical ring foot, rounded resting surface, recessed undersurface. Straight flaring body rising at ca. 15 degrees, sharply upturned vertical rim with convex profile, tapered lip.
Decoration:   Row of overlapping fingerprints on floor in center, row on interior of rim, showing underlying white slip. Brown glaze on interior; white slip on exterior.
Material:   Reddish-brown clay with scattered voids, white inclusions.
Munsell Color:   Yellower than 2.5YR 5/6
Condition:   Complete profile. Single frgt., complete profile except center floor. Nearly 1/4 body, 1/8 rim.
Manufacture:   C80
Dimensions Actual:   H00.045
Dimensions Restored:   D00.10-00.11 (foot) D00.19 (rim)
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   Late Byzantine
Area:   Forum southwest
Context:   NB133 P103
Bibliography:   Morgan 1942, Corinth 11, cat. 785
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942
Monument: Forum southwest
Basket: NB133 P103
Notebook Page: NB 133, spread 69 (p. 103)