Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1960 359 | |
Title: | SGRAFFITO CHAMPLEVE PLATE | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1960 | |
Object Number: | 359 | |
Description: | Plate with flat floor, start of upturn at break. | |
Decoration: | White slip over all. On interior, large medallion with part of bird (?), having round-tipped wing (?) outlined with beads and filled with scales having scraped centers; two feathers of tail below, each feather divided into rectangles by cross-lines; elaborate floral filling ornament. Outer border of vertical bars. Glaze fired yellow-green in, to clear out. | |
Material: | Light red clay with frequent fine red and few fine white inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | Between 5YR 7/6 and 5YR 6/6 | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single body frgt. | |
Manufacture: | C70 | |
Dimensions Preserved: | MPDim00.059 | |
Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
Chronology: | Late Byzantine. | |
Area: | Forum southwest | |
Context: | NB217 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Forum southwest Basket: NB217 |