Corinth Object: C 1936 614
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1936 614
Title:   INSCRIBED CONSTANTINOPOLITAN WHITE WARE PLATE
Category Code:   C
Year:   1936
Object Number:   614
Description:   Plate with flaring convex wall to flaring infolded rim, with vertical tapering lip and rolled ledge inside. Similar to C-1937-1656 (Morgan 1942, Corinth 11, cat. 130).
Decoration:   Rectilinear incised decoration, radiating from center, highlighted with zig-zag lines and small impressed circles and thin grey wash. Thin gray wash with incised wavy line pattern on rim. Greenish yellow glaze all over, patches of red wash filling over interior decoration.
Material:   Medium hard with white and gray inclusions.
Munsell Color:   5 YR 8/1
Condition:   Fragment. Three joining frgts., preserve about 1/8 of upper body and rim.
Manufacture:   C67
Dimensions Preserved:   MPDim00.13
Dimensions Restored:   D00.28 (max)
Period:   Middle Byzantine (802-1058 AD)
Chronology:   10th century; based on publication.
Area:   Forum south central
Context:   NB160 P48
Provenance:   Constantinople
Bibliography:   Morgan 1942, Corinth 11, cat. 177.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942
Monument: Forum south central
Image: digital 2014 1210
Image: digital 2014 1211
Basket: NB160 P48
Notebook Page: NB 160, spread 31 (pp. 48 - 49)