| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | C 1937 818 | |
| Title: | MEASLES WARE PLATE | |
| Category Code: | C | |
| Year: | 1937 | |
| Object Number: | 818 | |
| Description: | Plate with low vertical ring foot, flat resting and undersurfaces. Nearly horizontal body with convex profile. | |
| Decoration: | White slip on interior. In center, four-pointed star, over which interlocking quatrefoil of loops. Large bird (peacock) framing this, facing to left; with underbelly, leg and possibly neck or tail. Pale yellow glaze on interior, green glaze on exterior. | |
| Material: | Moderately coarse light to darker red, with numerous fine red and white inclusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | Yellower than 2.5YR 6/6 to 2.5YR 5/6 | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving all foot, lower body; glaze and slip partially worn away. | |
| Manufacture: | C81 | |
| Dimensions Actual: | Diam. 0.066 (foot) | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.022 | |
| Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
| Chronology: | context Turkish to modern | |
| Area: | Forum northeast | |
| Context: | NB167 P387 | |
| Bibliography: | Morgan 1942, Corinth 11, cat. 644 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942 Monument: Forum northeast Image: digital 2014 1528 Basket: NB167 P387 |
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