Corinth Object: C 1934 881
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1934 881
Title:   INCISED SGRAFFITO BOWL
Category Code:   C
Year:   1934
Object Number:   881
Description:   Bowl with convex, flaring body, with tapered lip.
Decoration:   White slip on all vessel. Sgraffito human head facing right, incised floral spikes in field. Greenish-yellow glaze on interior, dropping down below lip on exterior.
Material:   Fine, hard fabric, yellowish-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:   5 YR 6/6 (yellowish red)
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt preserves one-fifth of body and rim, missing base. Worn glaze.
Manufacture:   Wheel-made
Dimensions Preserved:   H. p.: 0.048
Dimensions Restored:   Diam. rim 0.175
Weight Description:   0.04
Weight:   0.04
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   Late 12th - 1st half 13th century
Area:   Agora southwest
Context:   NB143 P11
Provenance:   Imported
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Agora southwest
Image: digital 2014 1952
Notebook Page: NB 143, spread 11 (pp. 11 - 12)