| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | C 1937 1992a | |
| Title: | INSCRIBED CONSTANTINOPOLITAN WHITE WARE PLATE | |
| Category Code: | C | |
| Year: | 1937 | |
| Object Number: | 1992 | |
| Object Suffix: | a | |
| Related Objects: | C-1937-1992B | |
| Description: | Plate with low ring foot, short flaring convex wall curving up to flaring thick infolded rim with rounded lip separated from internal ledge by convex moulding. | |
| Decoration: | Thin red wash incised by abstract linear design on wall inside and wavy line on rim. Thick, glossy yellow glaze inside and out appears dark orange over red slip. Similar to C-1936-614 (Morgan 1942, Corinth 11, cat. 177). | |
| Material: | Medium hard clay with white and red inclusions, fired white (Munsell 10 YR 8/1) at core and pink (Munsell 5 YR 8/3).Smooth to slightly hackly break. | |
| Munsell Color: | 10 YR 8/1 (white) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Two joining frgts., preserving from top of foot including about 1/8 of body. | |
| Weight Description: | 0.049 | |
| Weight: | 0.049 | |
| Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
| Chronology: | late 11th c., according to Sanders | |
| Area: | Forum south central | |
| Context: | NB174 P85 | |
| Bibliography: | Morgan 1942, Corinth 11, cat. 175 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Forum south central Image: digital 2014 1236 Basket: NB174 P85 |
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