Corinth Object: C 1936 990
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1936 990
Title:   BYZANTINE GREEN AND BROWN PAINTED V BOWL
Category Code:   C
Year:   1936
Object Number:   990
Description:   Bowl with false ring foot, shallow, convex body curving up to vertical rim with tapered lip.
Decoration:   Green and Brown painted V, type III decoration. White slip on inner surface to over rim on outer surface. Olive green glaze painted pendent triangles radiating from centre. Green glaze dribbling down on outer body surface. Colourless overglaze on inner surface.
Material:   Fine light red clay, with few, sub-rounded, spherical white inclusions
Munsell Color:   2.5 YR 6/8 (light red)
Condition:   Complete profile. Nine joining frgts., preserve complete foot and three-fourths of body and rim.
Manufacture:   Wheel-made.
Dimensions Actual:   H.: 0.044, Diam. Rim: 0.146, diam. Foot: 0.076.
Weight Description:   0.216
Weight:   0.216
Period:   Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Chronology:   13th century
Area:   South Basilica
Context:   NB154 P176
Provenance:   Corinth
Bibliography:   Morgan (1942) Corinth XI, cat. n. 530.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: South Basilica
Image: digital 2014 1602
Image: digital 2014 1603
Notebook Page: NB 154, spread 96 (p. 176)