Corinth Object: CP 1414
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   CP 1414
Title:   FRANKISH INCISED-SGRAFFITO BOWL
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   CP
Object Number:   1414
Description:   Bowl with straight, flaring upper body curving sharlpy up to straight, flaring rim with rounded lip.
Decoration:   White slip on inner surface over lip on exterior, and dropping down to upper body. Incised parallel grooves on upper body, sgraffito band decorated with chevron pattern on rim, framed by a double incised grooved. Brownish-yellow glaze on inner surface to over rim on exterior.
Material:   Fine, medium-hard fabric, reddish-yellow in colour, with rare (0.25-1.50 mm), rounded-spherical, white-opaque inclusions; rare, black, rounded-tabular (0.25-1.50 mm) inclusions; rare red (0.25-1.50 mm), rounded-spherical inclusions.
Munsell Color:   5 YR 6/6 (reddish yellow)
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt preserves one-twentieth of body, one-tenth of upper rim, missing base and lower body.
Manufacture:   Wheel-made
Dimensions Preserved:   H. p. 0.054
Dimensions Restored:   Diam. rim 0.15
Weight Description:   0.014
Weight:   0.014
Period:   Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Chronology:   2nd-3rd quarter 13th century
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: bw 3171