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) |