| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | C 1934 67 | |
| Title: | BYZANTINE SGRAFFITO PLATE | |
| Category Code: | C | |
| Year: | 1934 | |
| Object Number: | 67 | |
| Description: | Plate with slightly flaring ring foot, with inner bevelled edge, flat undersurface. Straight, outwardly flaring body, with rounded lip. | |
| Decoration: | Sgraffito as Corinth XI cat. no. 1250, fig. 107. Thick white slip all over. Interior: central medallion decorated with sgraffito split-palmette on imbricated ground, surrounded by a narrow beaded band. Band infilled with rinceau motif on lower body. Wide band of debased Kufic below lip. Thick greenish yellow glaze inside to over lip outside, almost colorless on body and foot outside. | |
| Material: | Phyllite A1 | |
| Munsell Color: | 2.5 YR 5/6 (red) | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Four joining frgts., preserving 1/3 foot, half body and lip. Glaze partly worn. | |
| Manufacture: | C 70 WM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H. 0.075 | |
| Dimensions Restored: | Diam. foot 0.14, diam. lip 0.368 | |
| Weight Description: | 0.984 | |
| Weight: | 0.984 | |
| Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
| Chronology: | Ca. 1160 - ca. 1180 (Sanders 1999, p. 163). | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Image: digital 2007 1142 Notebook Page: NB 142, spread 13 (pp. 16 - 17) |
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