Corinth Object: C 1933 888
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1933 888
Title:   SGRAFFITO CUP
Category Code:   C
Year:   1933
Object Number:   888
Description:   Large cup with vertical ring foot, irregular resting surface, nippled undersurface. Convex body. Vertical strap handle attached to lower body.
Decoration:   White slip inside. Central medallion with badly executed split palmette with spiral detail; trace of spiral rinceau band on upper body.
Material:   Moderately fine clay fired buff out to pink at core,with numerous tiny black, white inclusions, voids.
Munsell Color:   Near 10YR 7.5/3 or slightly pinker
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., all foot, nearly half body, lower handle attachment.
Manufacture:   C70
Dimensions Actual:   D00.063 (foot)
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.039
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   Late Byzantine
Area:   Forum southeast
Context:   NB139 P33
Bibliography:   Morgan 1942, Corinth 11, cat. 1042
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942
Monument: Forum southeast
Basket: NB139 P33
Notebook Page: NB 139, spread 21 (pp. 32 - 33)