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 |