Corinth Object: C 1998 23a
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1998 23a
Title:   EGYPTIAN? PLATE WITH RED PAINTED DECORATION
Category Code:   C
Year:   1998
Object Number:   23
Object Suffix:   a
Related Objects:   C-1998-023B-D
Description:   Straight flaring body, inward thickened rim continuing angle of body; on interior rim offset from body by ridge, groove; groove defining squared lip. Joins give slightly contracting ring foot with broad resting surface, and fills out the straight flaring body.
Decoration:   Interior painted in matt yellow-red paint: On floor two fish in outline, between which a chevron; wide (4.5cm) yellowish red band above fish to the rim, on rim row of double pendant semicircles overlapping at edges, band on lip and exterior for 1.5cm. Joins: give complete length of lt. fish, missing large part of belly, dotted circle for eye, 3 arcs for gills.
Material:   Fine reddish yellow clay, micaceous with rare white inclusions, and frequent voids.
Munsell Color:   7.5YR 6/6
Condition:   Fragment. Fragment of lip, rim and body, six joining fragments. Joins: 4 complete profile, 10 frgts. in all: half foot, half lower body, 1/4 upper.
Dimensions Actual:   H00.077 (new)
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.116 W00.195 (old)
Dimensions Restored:   D00.39 (rim)
Weight Description:   0.11 (old) 0.471 (new)
Weight:   0.11
    0.471
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:   Context 6th with 12th c. A.C. intrusions
Area:   Panaghia south
Context:   NB909 B77 P191
    NB918 B38 P49
Provenance:   Egypt ?
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Panaghia south
Image: bw 1998 024 06
Basket: NB909 B77 P191
Basket: NB918 B38 P49
Notebook Page: NB 909, spread 100 (p. 191)
Notebook Page: NB 918, spread 28 (p. 47)
Notebook Page: NB 918, spread 29 (p. 49)