Corinth Object: C 1936 73
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1936 73
Title:   SGRAFFITO PLATE
Category Code:   C
Year:   1936
Object Number:   73
Description:   Plate with horizontal body, with slight curve at outer break. For same or similar plate cf. C-1937-1135.
Decoration:   Thick white slip inside and out. Inside, band of fine zigzag and feathered spirals, interrupted at intervals by small medallions containing interlace on imbricated ground; broad band of stylized Kufic on imbricated ground. Pale yellow glaze in, clear out. Morgan: by Fussy Master.
Material:   Moderately fine clay fired brown to gray, with tiny white inclusions.
Munsell Color:   Ca. 5YR 5/6 or slightly redder
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving body, broken all around.
Manufacture:   C70
Dimensions Preserved:   MPDim00.077
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   Late Byzantine
Area:   Forum south central
Context:   NB159 P233
Bibliography:   Corinth XI N0978
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942
Monument: Forum south central
Image: bw 4538
Basket: NB159 P233
Notebook Page: NB 159, spread 30 (pp. 233 - 234)