Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1934 265 | |
Title: | BYZANTINE CHAMPLEVE PLATE | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1934 | |
Object Number: | 265 | |
Description: | Plate with high, heavy vertical ring foot, flat resting surface, recessed, flat undersurface. Body rises at ca. 20 degrees. | |
Decoration: | White slip over all. On interior, possible horse moving lt., preserved from base of neck to hindquarters, with fringed band circling base of neck, longincised tail. Belly and rt. foreleg of second horse ? moving rt., with leg overlapping first animal. incised scallops at top of leg. To rt. extended human forearm and hand. Possibly centaur ? Elaborate floral spray background. Glaze yellow on interior, green on exterior. | |
Mythology: | Centaur ? | |
Material: | Fine reddish-brown clay with frequent fine to coarse pores, rare fine white inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | 5YR 5/4 to slightly redder | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., 1/8 foot, floor, lower half of body. | |
Manufacture: | C70 | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H00.055 | |
Dimensions Restored: | D00.13 (foot) | |
Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
Chronology: | Late 12th to early 13th c. | |
Area: | South Basilica | |
Context: | South Basilica, From Byzantine fill over South Basilica | |
Bibliography: | Corinth XI N1684 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942 Monument: South Basilica Basket: South Basilica, From Byzantine fill over South Basilica Notebook Page: NB 142, spread 27 (pp. 44 - 45) |