Corinth Object: C 1934 1327 | Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | C 1934 1327 | | Title: | | BYZANTINE MEASLES WARE PLATE | | Category Code: | | C | | Year: | | 1934 | | Object Number: | | 1327 | | Description: | | Plate with low vertical foot, rounded resting surface and flat undersurface, shallow flaring body, thick round lip. Similar to C-1937-793 (Morgan 1942, Corinth 11, cat. 655) | | Decoration: | | Slip and pale yellow glaze on interior. Small circle in center, surrounded by three (four originally?) pointed ovals, connected, with floral spike between. Short strokes on lip. | | Material: | | Reddish-yellow clay with frequent small and medium rounded spherical and subrounded spherical and tabular gray and white inclusions. Frequent small to large angular platy and tabular and subrounded spherical voids. | | Munsell Color: | | 5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow) | | Condition: | | Complete profile. Single frgt., preserving approx. 2/3 of foot and 1/6 of body to lip. | | Period: | | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | | Chronology: | | Based on comparanda | | Area: | | Agora southwest | | Context: | | NB140 P63 | | Bibliography: | | Morgan 1942, Corinth 11, cat. 654 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Monument: Agora southwest
Image: digital 2014 1551
Notebook Page: NB 140, spread 37 (pp. 62 - 63)
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