Corinth Object: C 1937 884
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1937 884
Title:   GREEN-BROWN PAINTED BOWL
Category Code:   C
Year:   1937
Object Number:   884
Description:   Bowl with vertical ring foot, broad flat resting surface, flat undersurface. Straight flaring body rising at ca. 30 degrees to H00.056, sharply articulated rim H00.033, nearly vertical, with thickened flat lip.
Decoration:   White slip over all, thinly applied to exterior. Painted on interior: central cross-hatched medallion, half green half brown, From this spring 2 groups of concentric circles, alternately colored, and between these a double spiral motive. On interior of rim, curving strokes, alternately green and brown, radiating strokes on lip. Clear glaze on interior.
Material:   Fine reddish-brown clay with scattered fine white inclusions.
Munsell Color:   5YR 5/6
Condition:   Complete profile. Twelve joining frgts., complete profile; whole foot, floor, 1/4 body, less than 1/4 rim. Paint worn.
Manufacture:   C84
Dimensions Actual:   H00.090 D00.110 (foot)
Dimensions Restored:   D00.27 (rim)
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   Late Byzantine
Area:   Forum northeast
Context:   NB168 P38
Provenance:   Corinth
Bibliography:   Corinth XI N0452
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942
Monument: Forum northeast
Basket: NB168 P38
Notebook Page: NB 168, spread 31 (pp. 38 - 39)