Corinth Object: CP 1420
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   CP 1420
Title:   FRANKISH INCISED-SGRAFFITO BOWL
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   CP
Object Number:   1420
Description:   Bowl with straight, flaring upper body to carination, curving sharply up to straight, flaring rim with tapered lip.
Decoration:   White slip on inner surface to over lip on exterior. Incised circles on mid body, four grooves on upper body, incised band of squared diamonds on rim. Greenish-yellow glaze on body, brownish-yellow on upper rim, 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:   5 YR 6/6 (reddih yellow)
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt preserves one-sixth of upper body and rim. Missing base and lower body.
Manufacture:   Wheel-made
Dimensions Preserved:   H. p. 0.067
Dimensions Restored:   Diam. rim 0.195
Weight Description:   0.069
Weight:   0.069
Period:   Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Chronology:   2nd-3rd quarter 13th century
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: bw 3171