Corinth Object: LOT 1976 245:01
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   LOT 1976 245:01
Title:   BYZANTINE SGRAFFITO PLATE
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   LOT
Year:   1976
Object Number:   245
Description:   Plate with widely flaring, outwardly convex body and rounded lip.
Decoration:   Sgraffito, as Corinth XI, cat. no. 1250, fig. 107. White slip inside and outside. Narrow sgraffito bead band around centre. Sgraffito irregular chevron band on lower body. Below notched lip one band framed by double circles per side, decorated with irregular chevron pattern. Thick, glossy, pale yellow glaze inside to over lip outside. Thinner colorless glaze outside.
Material:   Phyllite A1
Munsell Color:   2.5 YR 5/8 (red)
Condition:   Fragment. Eleven joining frgts preserve half of body and rim, missing centre and foot.
Manufacture:   C70 WM
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.039
Dimensions Restored:   Diam. 0.25
Weight Description:   0.315
Weight:   0.315
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   Ca. 1120/1130 - ca.1160 (Sanders 2003, p. 393).
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece