Corinth Object: C 1936 380 | Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | C 1936 380 | | Title: | | BYZANTINE SGRAFFITO BOWL | | Category Code: | | C | | Year: | | 1936 | | Object Number: | | 380 | | Description: | | Bowl with widely flaring low stem foot, rounded resting surface, flat undersurface; hemispherical body, max. diam. at ca. 0.083, then lip tapers markedly to vertical thin lip. | | Decoration: | | White slip inside and overlapping lip. On floor, coarse sgraffito tondo: quadruped with camel-like head, directed lt., head turned back; round eye with trailing line, eyebrow; diagonal slashes for hair on chest; forelegs bent, tail bent above back; missing hindquarters; background filled with wavy incised lines; tondo framed by 7 circumference grooves; Pale yellow to clear glaze over slip. | | Material: | | Coarse pinkish-tan clay with dense amount of fine red inclusions. | | Munsell Color: | | Near 7.5YR 7/4 | | Condition: | | Complete profile. Four joining frgts., complete profile; complete foot, half body, 1/4 lip. Surface pitted. | | Manufacture: | | C70 | | Dimensions Actual: | | H00.102 D00.095 (foot) | | Dimensions Restored: | | D00.215-00.22 (lip) | | Period: | | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | | Chronology: | | Late 12th-early 13th c. | | Area: | | Forum south central | | Context: | | NB159 P333 | | Provenance: | | Corinth | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Monument: Forum south central
Basket: NB159 P333
Notebook Page: NB 159, spread 80 (pp. 333 - 334)
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