Corinth Object: C 1937 1655
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1937 1655
Title:   IMPRESSED WHITE WARE PEDESTAL PLATE
Category Code:   C
Year:   1937
Object Number:   1655
Description:   Tall flaring stem foot in two degrees. Widely flaring, outwardly convex wall out to flaring, inwardly folded rim with rounded lip and offset by a raised band on the interior.
Decoration:   Relief circle with pendant semi-circle motive inside. Two grooves on foot at angle and raised band at top of foot below wall. Short, radiating, red slip-painted lines on wall inside. Red, slip-painted bands on rim inside and out. Blistered yellow glaze inside and out to bottom of foot.
Material:   Medium hard clay with white, red and gray inclusions. Smooth to slightly hackly, often slightly conchoidal break.
Munsell Color:   5 YR 8/3
Condition:   Complete profile. Eighteen frgts., preserving complete profile including about 3/4 of the rim and body and 5/6 of the foot. Restored in plaster.
Manufacture:   C68
Dimensions Actual:   H00.091 D00.108 (foot) D00.193 (rim)
Period:   Middle Byzantine (802-1058 AD)
Chronology:   mid 11th century (Guy Sanders)
Area:   Forum south central
Context:   NB174 P57
Provenance:   Constantinople
Bibliography:   Corinth XI N0131
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942
Monument: Forum south central
Image: bw 4466
Basket: NB174 P57
Notebook Page: NB 174, spread 34 (pp. 57 - 58)