Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1937 846 | |
Title: | INCISED-SGRAFFITO PLATE | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1937 | |
Object Number: | 846 | |
Description: | Plate with low base ring, interior of base ring articulated from slightly raised flat undersurface. Body extends nearly horizontally then turns up with convex profile to nearly vertical round lip. | |
Decoration: | White slip over all. On interior, incised-sgraffito dec.: central medallion of split-palmette, surrounded by band of incised and sgraffito Kufic, narrow band of beads; band of degenerate rinceau broken by medallions with split-palmette; at outer edge of floor, second broader band of rinceau between double lines. Clear to pale yellow glaze on interior and overlapping upper half of exterior. | |
Material: | Moderately fine tan clay with frequent voids, rare white, red inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | Ca. 7.5YR 5/5 | |
Condition: | Complete profile. Four joining frgts., complete profile; nearly half foot, floor, 1/8 rim. | |
Manufacture: | C70 | |
Dimensions Actual: | H00.045 | |
Dimensions Restored: | D00.13-00.135 (foot) D00.22 (lip) | |
Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
Chronology: | Late Byzantine | |
Area: | Forum northeast | |
Context: | NB168 P19 | |
Bibliography: | Corinth XI N1438 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942 Monument: Forum northeast Basket: NB168 P19 |