Corinth Object: C 1937 1873
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1937 1873
Title:   BYZANTINE GREEN-BROWN PAINTED BOWL
Category Code:   C
Year:   1937
Object Number:   1873
Description:   Bowl with slightly flaring ring foot, flat resting surface, rounded undersurface. Straight flaring body rising at ca. 30 degrees to H00.046, tall vertical rim H00.04, outward thickened and downturned rim.
Decoration:   White slip, thinly applied to exterior. Interior: whirligig on floor, withh green and black arms; around this band of spirals in pairs of green alternating with pars of black; thin black line above; two broad green bands on interior of rim, oblique green bars on lip. Clear glaze on interior.
Material:   Moderately coarse red-brown clay with frequent tiny voids, few coarser white inclusions.
Munsell Color:   Slightly yellower than 2.5YR 5/6
Condition:   Complete profile. Four joining frgts., complete profile; complete foot except for chip, ca. half body, nearlyhalf rim. Glaze and paint worn.
Manufacture:   C84
Dimensions Actual:   H00.090 D00.103 (foot)
Dimensions Restored:   D00.155-00.16 (rim)
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   12th c.
Area:   Forum south central
Context:   NB174 P25
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Forum south central
Basket: NB174 P25
Notebook Page: NB 174, spread 18 (pp. 25 - 26)