Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1937 1620 | |
Title: | INCISED WARE PLATE | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1937 | |
Object Number: | 1620 | |
Description: | Plate with vertical ring foot, flat resting surface, interior of foot cut in two steps to flat undersurface. Shallow echinoid body turning up to horizontal outturned rim. | |
Decoration: | Whihte slip over all, thinly applied to exterior. On interior, large incised medallion with pointed leaf and floral sprays. On rim, incised cross-hatching. Yellow glaze over all, becoming clear on exterior. | |
Writing: | graffito. Graffito on undersurface: N with cross-strokes ? or ligature of N X A ? | |
Material: | Well-compacted red clay with scattered coarse white inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | 2.5YR 5.5/6 | |
Condition: | Complete profile. Five joining frgts., complete profile; complete foot, half body to rim, except for large wedge missing from body. | |
Manufacture: | C70 | |
Dimensions Actual: | H00.05 D00.104 (foot) D00.253 (rim) | |
Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
Chronology: | ? 84 ? Late 12th or early 13th c. ? Coins to Manuel I (1143-80) | |
Area: | Forum south central | |
Context: | NB174 P60 | |
Bibliography: | Corinth XI N1718 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942 Monument: Forum south central Basket: NB174 P60 |