| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | C 1938 445a | |
| Title: | MEASLES WARE PLATE | |
| Category Code: | C | |
| Year: | 1938 | |
| Object Number: | 445 | |
| Object Suffix: | a | |
| Related Objects: | C-1938-445B-D | |
| Description: | Plate with vertical ring foot, flat resting and undersurfaces. Body rises at ca. 20 degrees, vertical low rim, tapered lip. | |
| Decoration: | White slip on interior and overlapping rim and upper body. On floor, fish ? with head toward rim or large wing-shaped object; eye ? consisting of 2 concentric dotted circles, row of dots separating plain head from scaly body. Border of guilloche, partly overlapping rim. Dots on lip. Pale yellow glaze over slipped parts. | |
| Material: | Moderately coarse clay fired tan at core, pink at edges, numerous tiny white, black inclusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | 7.5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow) | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Three joining frgts., complete profile; ca. 1/4 foot, 1/8 body to lip. | |
| Manufacture: | C81 | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H00.056 | |
| Dimensions Restored: | D00.09 (foot) D00.22 (lip) | |
| Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
| Chronology: | Late Byz. | |
| Area: | St. John's | |
| Context: | NB181 P510 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: St. John's Image: digital 2014 1366 Basket: NB181 P510 |
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