Corinth Object: C 1936 366
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1936 366
Title:   INCISED-SGRAFFITO PLATE
Category Code:   C
Year:   1936
Object Number:   366
Description:   Plate with flaring ring foot, turning out at resting surface, narrow flat resting surface, recessed undersurface. Straight flaring body rising at 30 degrees.
Decoration:   White slip on interior. Incised on floor: animal to rt., of which body, legs, part of tail preserved. Torso cut back in champleve style, legs outlined. In field, single and double guilloche, branch motif. Light yellow glaze on interior.
Material:   Moderately fine light red clay fired to pinkish-buff at surface with fine sand-like inclusions, scattered voids.
Munsell Color:   2.5YR 5.5/4 to slightly redder
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., 1/4 foot, lower body; partly discolored black. Chip in foot.
Manufacture:   C70
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.048
Dimensions Restored:   D00.12 (ca., foot)
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   Late Byzantine
Area:   Forum south central
Context:   NB158 P39
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Forum south central
Basket: NB158 P39