Corinth Object: C 1934 657b
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1934 657b
Title:   SGRAFFITO PLATE
Category Code:   C
Year:   1934
Object Number:   657
Object Suffix:   b
Related Objects:   C-1934-657A (not from same vase)
Description:   Plate with scar of heavy ring foot, wide flaring body. Not from same vase as C-1934-0657A; this wall thinner, decoration not related.
Decoration:   White slip over all. Interior, small medallion, not in center but overlapping foot, therefore possibly one of ring of medallions, bordered by looped circle, containing interlace on feathered spiral ground; same motif in wide band around medallion. Pale greenish yellow glaze over all. Morgan, by Fussy Master.
Material:   Moderately fine reddish-tan clay with scattered white inclusions.
Munsell Color:   5YR 5/8 (fresh chip)
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., scar of foot, lower body.
Manufacture:   C70
Dimensions Preserved:   MPDim00.061
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   Late 11th to early 12th c. (Morgan)
Area:   Forum southeast
Context:   NB139 P159
    NB139 P160
Findspot Description:   From West edge of area.
Bibliography:   Corinth 11, cat. 977
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942
Monument: Forum southeast
Basket: NB139 P159
Basket: NB139 P160