Corinth Object: C 1936 870
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1936 870
Title:   DARK-ON-LIGHT SLIP-PAINTED BOWL
Category Code:   C
Year:   1936
Object Number:   870
Description:   Body straight flaring at 45 degree angle, tall vertical rim, inward and outward thickened lip, with projecting flange at outer circumference, rest flat. Similar to -1936-492.
Decoration:   White slip inside and over lip. Inside, part of head of large animal to lt., with double circles for eyes, double triangles for pointed ears, stripes on neck painted in brown slip. Pale green glaze over all.
Material:   Moderately fine gray clay with scattered white inclusions and rare fine voids.
Munsell Color:   10YR 7/2 (light gray)
Condition:   Fragment. Two joining frgts. preserving part of body and rim.
Manufacture:   C79
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.061
Dimensions Restored:   D00.24 (ca., rim)
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   Late Byzantine
Area:   South Stoa middle
Context:   NB161 P28
Bibliography:   Corinth XI N0616
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942
Monument: South Stoa middle
Image: digital 2014 1458
Basket: NB161 P28
Notebook Page: NB 161, spread 18 (pp. 27 - 28)