Corinth Object: CP 1077
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   CP 1077
Title:   BYZANTINE SLIP-PAINTED PLATE
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   CP
Object Number:   1077
Description:   Plate with vertical ring foot, flat resting surface, inner face curving into flat undersurface. Body rising unevenly at ca. 30 degrees to round lip.
Decoration:   On interior, radiating triangular spaces, filled either with cross-hatching or wavy outlines; linked by spiral at each corner to band below lip. On lip short strokes. Green glaze inside, thin white wash on exterior. Green glaze on exterior lip.
Material:   Moderately fine red clay with coarse white inclusions and rare voids.
Munsell Color:   5YR 6/8 (reddish yellow)
Condition:   Complete profile. Five joining frgts., preserving complete profile, nearly half vessel; old glue on break.
Manufacture:   C80
Dimensions Actual:   H. 0.051
Dimensions Restored:   Diam. 0.105 (foot), Diam. 0.225 (lip)
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   12th c.
Context:   , Provenance unknown
Bibliography:   Morgan 1942, Corinth 11, cat. 752
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942
Image: bw 3146
Image: digital 2014 1475
Basket: , Provenance unknown