Corinth Object: C 1937 1278
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1937 1278
Title:   MEASLES WARE BOWL OR CUP
Category Code:   C
Year:   1937
Object Number:   1278
Description:   Measles ware deep cup or deep bowl with flaring body, slightly concave upper profile to oblique rounded lip. Note: Morgan labels as cup, but circumference seems too large.
Decoration:   Thick white slip over all. Interior: head facing front, framed by dotted circle; curious triangular headdress, floral spray earring. Pale yellow to clear glaze over all.
Material:   Fine light red clay with fine white and few red inclusions.
Munsell Color:   Paler than 2.5YR 6/6
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving part of rim.
Manufacture:   C81
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.0385, W. 0.036
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   with coin of Manuel I
Area:   South Stoa west
Context:   NB170 P49
Bibliography:   Morgan 1942, Corinth 11, cat. 702
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942
Monument: South Stoa west
Image: digital 2014 1537
Basket: NB170 P49
Notebook Page: NB 170, spread 29 (pp. 49 - 50)