Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1934 63 | |
Title: | BYZANTINE INCISED SGRAFFITO BOWL | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1934 | |
Object Number: | 63 | |
Description: | Bowl with high flaring ring foot. Shallow, convex flaring body curving sharply up to vertical rim, with convex profile and tapered lip. | |
Decoration: | Incised-Sgraffito (Medallion-Style), as Corinth XI, cat. no. 1436, fig. 125. White slip inside to over rim outside. Interior: small central medallion with eight-armed cross on incised ground, surrounded by a band of decadent sgraffito Kufic. Sgraffito band decorated with rinceau motif just below rim. Pale greenish yellow glaze inside to over lip outside. | |
Material: | Clay Temper A3 (no fresh break) | |
Munsell Color: | Edges 2.5 Y 7/3 (pale yellow), core 7.5 YR 7/3 (pink) | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Eight joining frgts., preserving complete vase except for one-eighth of body and rim. | |
Manufacture: | C 70 WM | |
Dimensions Actual: | H. 0.081, diam. foot 0.101, diam. rim. 0.216 | |
Weight Description: | 0.505 | |
Weight: | 0.505 | |
Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
Chronology: | ca. 1160- ca.1200 (Sanders 2003, p. 393). | |
Bibliography: | Corinth XI, n. 1487 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942 Image: digital 2007 1139 |