Corinth Object: C 1937 1252
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1937 1252
Title:   LATE PAINTED SGRAFFITO BOWL
Category Code:   C
Year:   1937
Object Number:   1252
Description:   Bowl with flaring stem foot, flaring widely at base, with flat resting surface. Deep echinoid body, upturned round lip.
Decoration:   Thin cream-colored slip over all. Sgraffito dec. on interior: tondo obliterated. On upper body ring of donut-like circles on imbricate ground; in angles pendant triangles, filled with V-shaped plain band on imbricate ground; 3 circumference lines; band of hatching, alternately lt. and rt., 2 lines above. splotches of green and brown on interior, dripping onto exterior. Yellow-brown glaze in.
Material:   Coarse tan to reddish tan clay with frequent fine white, red inclusions, voids.
Munsell Color:   Somewhat grayer than 5YR 6/6
Condition:   Complete profile. Nine joining frgts., complete except for small wedge of body to lip; numerous chips in surface, glaze gone from floor.
Manufacture:   C70
Dimensions Actual:   H00.114-00.122 D00.104 (foot) D00.225 (lip)
Period:   Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Chronology:   2nd half 13th c., context to early 14th.
Area:   Forum north central
Context:   NB171 P40
Provenance:   Corinth
Bibliography:   Corinth XI N1647
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942
Monument: Forum north central
Basket: NB171 P40
Notebook Page: NB 171, spread 30 (pp. 40 - 41)