Corinth Object: C 1936 508
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1936 508
Title:   SGRAFFITO PLATE
Category Code:   C
Year:   1936
Object Number:   508
Description:   Plate with fine low vertical ring foot, narrow flat resting surface, flat undersurface. Body extends nearly horizontally, then turns up to nearly vertical.
Decoration:   White slip inside and over most of exterior of body, irregularly applied. Interior, large medallion with hind legs of horse or centaur moving rt. with heavy hooves; below belly, leaping rabbit with short dashes over body. Border of Kuif and double spiral motif. Pale yellow glaze over all but center of undersurface.Morgan: by Interlace Master.
Material:   Moderately fine reddish-tan clay with tiny voids and red (?) inclusions.
Munsell Color:   5YR 7/6
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving ca. 1/4 foot, 1/8 body to start of rim.
Manufacture:   C70
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.025
Dimensions Restored:   D00.11 (foot)
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   Late Byzantine
Area:   South Basilica
Context:   NB153 P2
Bibliography:   Corinth XI N0968
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942
Monument: South Basilica
Image: bw 4538
Basket: NB153 P2
Notebook Page: NB 153, spread 9 (pp. 2 - 3)