Corinth Object: C 1937 1876
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1937 1876
Title:   MEASLES WARE PLATE
Category Code:   C
Year:   1937
Object Number:   1876
Description:   Plate with very shallow convex body, low vertical rim, round lip.
Decoration:   White slip on interiior and probably once over rim. Floor: long pointed motif, tip at base of rim; to right, floral spray (?). Pale greenish-yellow glaze over interior, exterior of rim, drips on body.
Attributes:   C81
Material:   Moderately coarse yellow to pale pink clay with fine black, white and some coarser red inclusions.
Munsell Color:   ca. 2.5Y 8/3
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving part of body and rim, ca. 1/8 circumference. Slip and glaze partially gone.
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.038 (true)
Dimensions Restored:   Diam. 0.21 (rim)
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Area:   Forum south central
Context:   NB174 P25
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Forum south central
Image: digital 2014 1542
Basket: NB174 P25
Notebook Page: NB 174, spread 18 (pp. 25 - 26)