Corinth Object: CP 1428
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   CP 1428
Title:   FRANKISH INCISED-SGRAFFITO BOWL
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   CP
Object Number:   1428
Description:   Bowl with slightly concave undersurface, straight, flaring lower body.
Decoration:   White slip on inner surface. At centre, incised squared diamond, with central hatch, surrounded by concentric, incised circles on body. Brownish-yellow glaze on inner surface.
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:   2.5 YR 6/6 (light-red)
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt preserves one-fifth of lower body, missing foot, upper body and rim.
Manufacture:   Wheel-made
Dimensions Preserved:   H.p.: 0.028, w.p.: 0.112
Weight Description:   0.135
Weight:   0.135
Period:   Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Chronology:   2nd-3rd quarter 13th century
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: bw 3170