Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1934 245 | |
Title: | SGRAFFITO PLATE | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1934 | |
Object Number: | 245 | |
Description: | Large plate with shallow wide-flaring body rising at 30 degrees to round lip with nicks on upper edge. | |
Decoration: | Pale buff slip inside and over upper 2/3 of exterior. Edge of medallion; narrow border of Kufic alternating with grouped floral spike and spiral palmette; broad band of spirals. Pale yellow glaze over slip. Morgan:by Interlace Master. | |
Material: | Moderately fine clay fired buff to pale pink with numerous tiny black, white inclusions. | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., ca. 1/4 circumference from above foot to lip. | |
Manufacture: | C70 | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H00.057 | |
Dimensions Restored: | D00.35 (lip) | |
Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
Chronology: | Late 11th to early 12th c. (Morgan) | |
Area: | South Basilica | |
Context: | NB142 P88 | |
Provenance: | Corinth ? | |
Bibliography: | Corinth XI N0956 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942 Monument: South Basilica Basket: NB142 P88 Notebook Page: NB 142, spread 49 (pp. 88 - 89) |