Corinth Object: C 1934 1555
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1934 1555
Title:   INCISED SGRAFFITO BYZANTINE BOWL
Category Code:   C
Year:   1934
Object Number:   1555
Description:   Bowl with almost hemipherical body.
Decoration:   White slip on all vessel. Incised-sgraffito decoration according to Morgan's classification. Incised male figure (warrior?) holding almost horizontal spear in one hand. Incised floral spike in field. Yellow glaze on all vessel.
Material:   Fine, hard fabric, light-red in colour, with few (0.25-0.5 mm) white-opaque, angular -spherical inclusions and rare (0.25-0.50 mm) rounded-spherical, black inclusions.
Munsell Color:   2.5 YR 6/6 (light red)
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt preserves one-sixth of body, missing foot and rim.
Manufacture:   Wheel-made
Dimensions Preserved:   L: 0.089, W: 0.065
Weight Description:   0.038
Weight:   0.038
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   13th century
Area:   Forum southeast
Context:   NB139 P174
Provenance:   Imported
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Forum southeast
Image: digital 2014 1978
Basket: NB139 P174
Notebook Page: NB 139, spread 116 (pp. 174 - 175)