Corinth Object: CP 1418
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   CP 1418
Title:   FRANKISH INCISED-SGRAFFITO PLATE
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   CP
Object Number:   1418
Description:   Plate with almost straight, flaring body, curving sharply up to straight, widely flaring rim with rounded lip.
Decoration:   White slip on inner surface to over lip on exterior. Incised oblique lines on upper body, decorated with sgraffito strokes. Incised crosshatched band on rim. Yellow and brown glazes on inner surface to over lip 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:   Outer margin: 7.5 YR 6/6 (reddish yellow), inner margin: 7.5 YR 6/1 (gray)
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt preserves one-twelfth of upper body and rim. Missing base and lower body. Worn outer surface.
Manufacture:   wheel-made
Dimensions Preserved:   H. p.: 0.029
Dimensions Restored:   Diam. rim 0.25
Weight Description:   0.042
Weight:   0.042
Period:   Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Chronology:   2nd-3rd quarter 13th century
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: bw 3171