Corinth Object: C 1934 245
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)