Corinth Object: C 1937 1391
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1937 1391
Title:   SGRAFFITO BOWL
Category Code:   C
Year:   1937
Object Number:   1391
Description:   Bowl with high flaring ring foot, flat resting and undersurface. Plump echinoid body turning upvertically to tapered lip.
Decoration:   White slip over all. Interior: small central medallion with bird to rt., virtually no interior details, on ground of floral sprays. Pale yellow to clear glaze over all, partly discolored orange on exterior.
Material:   fine light red clay with rare tiny white inclusions and coarse red mudstone.
Munsell Color:   Slightly redder than 5YR 5/4
Condition:   Complete profile. Two joining frgts., complete profile; half foot, 1/4 body, 1/8 lip. Chipped.
Manufacture:   C70
Dimensions Actual:   H00.085 D00.095
Dimensions Restored:   D00.225 (lip)
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   Late Byzantine
Area:   Forum north central
Context:   NB171 P54
Provenance:   Corinth
Bibliography:   Corinth XI N1786
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942
Monument: Forum north central
Image: digital 2014 2220
Basket: NB171 P54
Notebook Page: NB 171, spread 37 (pp. 54 - 55)