Corinth Object: C 1937 1302
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1937 1302
Title:   BYZANTINE SLIP-PAINTED WARE BOWL
Category Code:   C
Year:   1937
Object Number:   1302
Description:   Bowl with flaring disc foot, slightly concave undersurface with small central boss.
Decoration:   Interior with thick white slip, band of red and white chevron inside red border line near center, intersecting second band at edge. Small traces of glaze on floor. Categorized as "imitation lustre ware" on original inventory book.
Material:   Reddish clay with rare very small white and shiny inclusions, and few angular platy voids.
Munsell Color:   5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow)
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving complete foot and floor.
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   On old inventory card: "Context 2nd half of 13th century"
Area:   South Stoa west
Context:   NB170 P84
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: South Stoa west
Image: digital 2014 1248
Basket: NB170 P84
Notebook Page: NB 170, spread 46 (pp. 83 - 84)