Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1937 851 | |
Title: | BYZANTINE GREEN-GLAZED SGRAFFITO BOWL | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1937 | |
Object Number: | 851 | |
Description: | Bowl with hemispherical body, tapered vertical lip. | |
Decoration: | White slip over all, thinly applied to exterior. On floor, neck and head of horse facing rt. with mouth open, double circles for eyes, long diagonal lines for mane, stipples on body. Facing it at lt. is second face with large circular eye; two parted by filler of linked circles on stem; center of floor missing; on opposite side, one long plain tail, one feathered tail, one shorter pair of floral (?) motifs; filler of linked circles and wave pattern. Light green glaze over all. | |
Material: | Fine red-brown clay with scattered white inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | 2.5YR 5/6 | |
Condition: | Missing parts. Ten joining frgts., nearly complete circumference from above foot to lip, missing ca. 1/6 upper body to lip. | |
Manufacture: | C70 | |
Dimensions Actual: | D00.203 (lip) | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H00.069 | |
Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
Chronology: | Late Byzantine | |
Area: | Forum northeast | |
Context: | NB168 P105 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Forum northeast Basket: NB168 P105 |