Corinth Object: C 2012 11
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 2012 11
Title:   FRANKISH INCISED-SGRAFFITO BOWL
Category Code:   C
Year:   2012
Object Number:   11
Description:   Bowl with flaring, convex body curving up to vertical rim, with concave profile and tapered lip. Unevenly shaped rim.
Decoration:   Incised - Sgraffito. White slip inside to over lip outside, where it has dribbled down. Large medallion on all body framed by three circles, two closer together than the outer one. Medallion decorated with a frame of deer, facing right, surrounding a central bigger animal (deer?), facing left, on dotted ground. Clear yellow glaze inside to over lip outside, with smudges.
Material:   Micaceous siltstone A? Fine, medium hard, pink clay. 3% red (0.5-1.5 mm) angular, spherical; 1% white (05-1.5 mm) sub-rounded, spherical; 1% black (0.25-0.5 mm) rounded, spherical inclusions. Rare, thin elongated voids. Smooth, conchoidal break.
Munsell Color:   7.5YR 7/3 (pink)
Condition:   Fragment. Four joining frgts preserve one-third of body and rim.
Manufacture:   C70 WM
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.098, W. 0.243
Dimensions Restored:   Diam.of rim ca. 0.27
Weight Description:   0.379
Weight:   0.379
Period:   Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Chronology:   ca. 1200 - ca. 1260 (Sanders 2003, p. 393).
Area:   Nezi Field
Context:   Nezi Field, context 726, LOT 2012 017
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Nezi Field
Image: digital 2013 0014
Image: digital 2013 0015
Basket: Nezi Field, context 726