Corinth Object: C 1938 353
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1938 353
Title:   SGRAFFITO PLATE
Category Code:   C
Year:   1938
Object Number:   353
Description:   Plate with flaring ring foot, flat resting surface, recessed undersurface. Shallow flaring body rising at ca. 15 degrees to squared lip with nicks on upper edge.
Decoration:   White slip over all. On interior, medallion with spiraliform pattern on imbricate ground, double framing lines; outer narrow band of simple guilloche. Clear glaze over interior and upper two-thirds of exterior.
Material:   Moderately fine pinkish tan clay with frequent fine red, black, white inclusions.
Munsell Color:   5YR 6/6
Condition:   Complete profile. Seven joining frgts., complete profile except for center of floor; 1/3 circumference of foot, 1/4 with profile, 1/4 body, 1/6 lip; glaze partly peeling.
Manufacture:   C70
Dimensions Actual:   H00.053
Dimensions Restored:   D00.085-00.09 (foot) D00.23 (lip)
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   12th c.
Area:   South Stoa west
Context:   NB178 P133
Provenance:   Corinth
Bibliography:   Corinth XI N0990
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942
Monument: South Stoa west
Basket: NB178 P133
Notebook Page: NB 178, spread 74 (pp. 132 - 133)