Corinth Object: C 1938 453a
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1938 453a
Title:   MEASLES WARE PLATE
Category Code:   C
Year:   1938
Object Number:   453
Object Suffix:   a
Related Objects:   C-1938-453B, C-1938-453C
Description:   Plate with nearly horizontal convex body, low vertical rim, tapered lip. Similar C-1938-477.
Decoration:   White slip on interior and over lip. On floor, bird (C) with scaley body, striped wing (B), floral sprays in field (A-C). Dots on lip. Clear glaze over slipped areas.
Material:   Light yellowish gray clay with many tiny voids, fine black, and few red inclusions.
Munsell Color:   2.5Y 7/2
Condition:   Fragment. Two joining frgts., preserving part of body, rim, ca. 1/3 circumference.
Manufacture:   C81
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.036, W. 0.140
Dimensions Restored:   Diam. 0.19 (lip)
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Area:   St. John's
Context:   NB181 P512
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: St. John's
Image: digital 2014 1373
Basket: NB181 P512