Corinth Object: C 1937 1943
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1937 1943
Title:   BYZANTINE BROWN PAINTED BOWL
Category Code:   C
Year:   1937
Object Number:   1943
Description:   Bowl with wide-flaring ring foot, flat resting surface, conical undersurface. Echinoid body straight flaring to ca. H00.060, turning up vertically to flaring inward thickened rim, triangular in section, tapering to rounded lip. Rim sharply articulated from body on interior.
Decoration:   White slip inside and over lip. Decoration in brownpaint: spiral on floor, ring of dots; on body, rowof spirals; above, band of vertical strokes continuingonto rim. Clear glaze over slip.
Material:   Moderately fine buff clay to pale pinkish buff at core with scattered red mudstone inclusions.
Munsell Color:   10YR 7/3 or slightly paler
Condition:   Complete profile. Seven joining frgts., complete profile and foot; ca. 1/4 bowl.
Manufacture:   C84
Dimensions Actual:   H00.083 D00.094 (foot)
Dimensions Restored:   D00.184 (lip)
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   late Byzantine, coins to Manuel I
Area:   Forum north central
Context:   NB172 P11
Provenance:   Corinth
Bibliography:   Corinth XI N0513
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942
Monument: Forum north central
Basket: NB172 P11
Notebook Page: NB 172, spread 16 (pp. 10 - 11)