Corinth Object: C 1934 1549
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1934 1549
Title:   BYZANINE MEASLES WARE BOWL
Category Code:   C
Year:   1934
Object Number:   1549
Description:   Low foot, shallow convex body, flaring rim, flat squared lip.
Decoration:   Slip and pale yellow glaze over interior and exterior rim. Round medallions filled with dots. Similar to C-1929-10 (Morgan 1942, Corinth 11, cat.656).
Material:   Reddish-yellow clay fired gray in some areas, with frequent small and medium rounded spherical and tabular gray inclusions. Frequent small to large angular platy and tabular and rounded spherical voids.
Munsell Color:   5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow)
Condition:   Complete profile. Six joining frgts., preserving approx. 1/8 of foot, and 1/3 of body to lip.
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   Based on comparanda
Area:   South Basilica
Context:   South Basilica, Area S
Bibliography:   Morgan 1942, Corinth 11, cat.687
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: South Basilica
Image: digital 2014 1560
Notebook Page: NB 142, spread 24 (pp. 38 - 39)