Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1934 1222 | |
Title: | INCISED SGRAFFITO DISC | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1934 | |
Object Number: | 1222 | |
Description: | Plate with pointed false-ring foot, difined by single groove. Almost horizontal body curving sharply up to vertical rim with tapered lip. | |
Decoration: | White slip on inner surface to over lip on exterior, white wash on outer surface. Incised-sgraffito, medallion style according to Morgan's classification. Incised medallion at centre, decorated with radiating lines alternated with sgraffito wavy lines. Medallion framed by incised groove and bead band. Yellow glaze on inner surface to over lip. | |
Material: | Fine, hard, reddish-yellow fabric with few (0.25-0.50 mm) rounded-spherical dark-red inclusions; rare (0.25-1.50mm) spherical-angular white-opaque inclusions; rare (0.50-1.50 mm) tabular-sub-rounded, black inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | 7.5 YR 7/6 (reddish yellow) | |
Condition: | Complete profile. Single frgt preserves complete profile, one-fifth of vessel. | |
Manufacture: | Wheel-made | |
Dimensions Restored: | H.:0.045, diam. rim 0.20 (?), diam. foot: 0.12. | |
Weight Description: | 0.058 | |
Weight: | 0.058 | |
Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
Chronology: | Last quarter 12th century - 1st quarter 13th century | |
Area: | Agora southwest | |
Context: | NB143 P94 | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Agora southwest Image: digital 2014 1950 Notebook Page: NB 143, spread 52 (pp. 93 - 94) |