Corinth Object: C 1936 770
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1936 770
Title:   PROTOMAIOLICA GRIDIRON BOWL
Category Code:   C
Year:   1936
Object Number:   770
Description:   Bowl with vertical ring foot, flat resting surface, nippled undersurface. Hemispherical body to inward thickened rim with down- and inward-slanting surface.
Decoration:   White slip on interior. On floor, faint gridiron medallion, black framing band; on upper body, chevrons band to rt., one brown line below, 3 manganese above. On rim, row of black arcs. Tin clay, unevenly applied over slip.
Material:   Fine sandy buff clay with scattered voids, coarse and fine white, sparkling inclusions.
Munsell Color:   Between 10YR 7.5/4 and 7.5YR 7.5/4
Condition:   Complete profile. Three joining frgts., complete profile and foot, 1/4 body to rim. Glaze partly discolored white.
Manufacture:   C74
Dimensions Actual:   H00.060 D00.059 (foot)
Dimensions Restored:   D00.165-00.17 (lip)
Period:   Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Chronology:   End 13th-early 14th c.
Area:   South Stoa middle
Context:   NB170 P173
Provenance:   South Italy
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: South Stoa middle
Basket: NB170 P173
Notebook Page: NB 152, spread 91 (pp. 172 - 173)