Corinth Object: C 1938 438a
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1938 438a
Title:   GREEN AND BROWN PAINTED III BOWL
Category Code:   C
Year:   1938
Object Number:   438
Object Suffix:   a
Description:   Bowl with straight, flaring lower body up to carination, vertical upper body with outwardly thickened rim and squared lip.
Decoration:   White slip on all vessel, thicker on inner surface to lip. On loower body: green glaze painted palmettes outlined in brown glazed. On upper body: group of brown glaze painted swirls alternated by green glaze painted swirls. Brown glaze painted hatches on lip. Colourless overglaze on inner surface.
Material:   Fine, red fabric with few, subrounded, spherical white, inclusions.
Munsell Color:   2.5 YR 5/6 (red)
Condition:   Fragment. Five joining frgts preserve one-fifth of body, one-eighth of rim.
Manufacture:   Wheel-made
Dimensions Preserved:   H: 0.093
Dimensions Restored:   Diam. rim: 0.26
Weight Description:   0.225
Weight:   0.225
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   Last quarter 12th century (Sanders 2003)
Area:   St. John's
Context:   NB181 P506
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: St. John's
Image: digital 2014 1629
Basket: NB181 P506