Corinth Object: C 1937 1592
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1937 1592
Title:   GREEN-BROWN PAINTED BOWL
Category Code:   C
Year:   1937
Object Number:   1592
Description:   Deep bowl with edge of foot, straight flaring body rising at ca. 45 degrees with slight convex curve, vertical rim H00.036 with slightly thickened squared lip.
Decoration:   White slip on interior and over upper two-thirds of exterior. Painted on exterior, large quadruped, of which hind-end and back legs preserved. Animal green with brown-black outline and wavy lines crossing body diagonally. Clear glaze on interior.
Material:   Moderately fine tan clay with scattered coarse red inclusions.
Munsell Color:   5YR 6/6
Condition:   Fragment. Two joining frgts., full profile from edge of foot to rim, ca. 1/8 circumference. Chip on exterior.
Manufacture:   C84
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.086
Dimensions Restored:   D00.32 (rim)
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   Late Byzantine 12th c.
Area:   Forum north central
Context:   NB172 P31
Provenance:   Corinth
Bibliography:   Corinth XI N0487
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942
Monument: Forum north central
Image: bw 4552
Basket: NB172 P31
Notebook Page: NB 172, spread 26 (pp. 30 - 31)