| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | C 1938 480 | |
| Title: | BYZANTINE SGRAFFITO PLATE | |
| Category Code: | C | |
| Year: | 1938 | |
| Object Number: | 480 | |
| Description: | Plate with low base ring, flat undersurface; horizontal body, nearly vertical rim H00.032 with slight convex profile, tapered round lip. | |
| Decoration: | White slip over all, thinly applied to exterior. On interior: small medallion: incised split-palmette, 2 rings, band of rinceau on imbricate ground forming 7 loops, 2 lines, narrow beaded band; narrow band of rinceau, broken by 3 small medallions with cross on incised ground; outer band of decadent rinceau between double framing lines. Pale yellow glaze on interior and over lip. | |
| Material: | Light reddish-tan clay with dense amount of tiny black inclusions, few coarser black ones. | |
| Munsell Color: | Near 5YR 6/4 | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Three joining frgts., complete profile, 4/5 foot, over half body to rim. | |
| Manufacture: | C70 | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H00.037 D00.13 (foot) D00.229 (lip) | |
| Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
| Chronology: | 12th c. | |
| Area: | St. John's | |
| Context: | NB181 P509 | |
| Bibliography: | Corinth XI N1437 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942 Monument: St. John's Image: bw 4602 Basket: NB181 P509 Notebook Page: NB 181, spread 59 (pp. 509 - 510) |
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