Corinth Object: C 1937 1647
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1937 1647
Title:   IMPRESSED CONSTANTINOPOLITAN WHITE WARE PEDESTAL PLATE
Category Code:   C
Year:   1937
Object Number:   1647
Old Number:   C-1937-1650A (lapsed)
Related Objects:   C-1937-1650B
Description:   Tall cylindrical foot with flaring resting surface curving out to a convex upper member. Outwardly convex wall flaring, inwardly folded rim with rounded lip and offset by a raised band inside.
Decoration:   Impressed on floor: crab. Red painted swags on floor, red horizontal strokes on rim; broad red band on under side of rim, upper body. Clear glaze over interior, exterior; interior of stem reserved.
Material:   Medium hard clay with white, red and gray inclusions. Smooth to slightly hackly, often slightly conchoidal break.
Munsell Color:   5 YR 8/3
Condition:   Missing parts. Twenty-two frgts. Preservinge about 3/4 of rim, body and foot. Partially restored in plaster.
Manufacture:   C68
Dimensions Actual:   D00.080 (stem, max) D00.184 (rim)
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.079
Period:   Middle Byzantine (802-1058 AD)
Chronology:   late 10th-mid 11th century (Guy Sanders). Context 1st half 12th c.
Area:   South Stoa west
Context:   NB173 P37
Provenance:   Constantinople
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: South Stoa west
Basket: NB173 P37
Notebook Page: NB 174, spread 24 (pp. 37 - 38)