Corinth Object: C 1937 1466
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1937 1466
Title:   INCISED WARE BOWL
Category Code:   C
Year:   1937
Object Number:   1466
Description:   Bowl with straight flaring stem foot, flattened resting surface. Body rises at 30 degrees with straight profile to H00.060, then turns sharply up to nearly vertical, ending in rounded lip.
Decoration:   Thin, off-white slip over all. Incised on interior : medallion on floor with incised parallel lines alternating with sgraffito scribble; 3 framing lines; on mid body, broad band of decadent zigzag in heavily incised line, with hatched arcs in angles, between double framing lines. Yellow glaze on interior and over lip, more thickly applied to floor than walls.
Material:   Coarse tan to light red clay with frequent coarse red inclusions, voids; fracture rough.
Munsell Color:   Surface: near 5YR 6/6 ; core: near 2.5YR 6/6
Condition:   Complete profile. Seven joining frgts., complete profile; complete foot except for small wedge; 1/5 to 1/4 body to lip.
Manufacture:   C70
Dimensions Actual:   H00.105 D00.107
Dimensions Restored:   D00.215 (lip)
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   ? Late 12th or early 13th c. ? Coins to Manuel I (1143-80)
Area:   Forum south central
Context:   NB173
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Forum south central
Basket: NB173
Notebook Page: NB 173, spread 19 (pp. 20 - 21)