| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | C 1936 1165 | |
| Title: | IMPRESSED WHITE WARE PLATE | |
| Category Code: | C | |
| Year: | 1936 | |
| Object Number: | 1165 | |
| Description: | Plate with flaring ring foot with concave profile, flat resting and undersurfaces. Straight flaring body rising at c. 30 degrees to offset straight flaring rim with squared lip; broad groove offsets rim on interior, finer groove by lip. Similar to C-1937-1867 (Morgan 1942, Corinth 11, cat. 89). | |
| Decoration: | Impressed tondo, subject unclear, possibly leering face, with leaf-shaped (?) elements surrounding it. Incised wavy lines on rim. Yellow glaze with green splashes and broad brown streak on interior. | |
| Material: | White clay fired pink at surface with moderate amount of red inclusions, voids. | |
| Munsell Color: | Between 7.5YR 8/4 and 5YR 7/4 | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Four joining frgts., complete profile; complete foot, ca. 1/10 body, rim. | |
| Manufacture: | C68 | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H00.050 D00.085 (foot) | |
| Dimensions Restored: | D00.20-00.21 (rim) | |
| Period: | Middle Byzantine (802-1058 AD) | |
| Chronology: | Middle to Late Byzantine, based on comparanda. | |
| Area: | Forum south central | |
| Context: | NB158 P130 | |
| Bibliography: | Morgan 1942, Corinth 11, cat. 68 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942 Monument: Forum south central Image: digital 2014 1217 Basket: NB158 P130 Notebook Page: NB 158, spread 73 (pp. 129 - 130) |
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