| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | C 1959 281 | |
| Title: | YELLOW-GLAZED SGRAFFITO PLATE | |
| Category Code: | C | |
| Year: | 1959 | |
| Object Number: | 281 | |
| Description: | Plate with very low ring foot, narrow round resting surface, flat undersurface, start of wide-flaring body. | |
| Decoration: | White slip over all. On interior, part of head, neck, back of bird, to rt., with head turned back; eye has incised white, rimmed with double sgraffito lines; downturned beak; collar with zigzag design; scribbled feathers on neck and body, start of flight feathers with long parallel lines; in field above lt., 2 lines of filling ornament. Light yellow glaze on interior. | |
| Material: | Semi-fine light red claya with rare pieces of quartz (?), round red, white inclusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | Slightly redder than 5YR 5/6 | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., 1/8 foot, start of body. | |
| Manufacture: | C70 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H00.014 | |
| Dimensions Restored: | D00.125-00.13 (foot) | |
| Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
| Chronology: | Early 13th c. | |
| Area: | Forum southwest | |
| Context: | NB210 P154 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Forum southwest Basket: NB210 P154 |
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