Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | CP 1523 | |
Title: | BYZANTINE INCISED WARE PLATE | |
Category: | Pottery | |
Category Code: | CP | |
Object Number: | 1523 | |
Description: | Bowl with flaring stem foot, deep echinoid body, turning in sharply with narrow shoulder to vertical rim with convex profile, both inside and out, and round lip. | |
Decoration: | Pale slip on interior and over rim. Coarsely incised decoration on interior: 8 radiating cypress trees, extending from small central square to base of rim; between trunks of trees diamonds filled with cross; between tips of trees boxed triangles pendant from rim, centers of which cross-hatched; band of cross-hatching on interior of rim. Streaks of yellow-brown on interior, over which gray-green glaze. | |
Material: | Moderately fine light brown clay with frequent fine to small lime inclusions, some sparkling inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | 7.5YR 6/4 | |
Condition: | Complete profile. Fifteen joining frgts., complete profile; complete foot, ca. 3/4 body and rim. | |
Manufacture: | C70 WM | |
Dimensions Actual: | H00.122 D00.092 (foot) D00.215 (lip) | |
Period: | Frankish (1210-1458 AD) | |
Chronology: | 2nd-early 3rd q. 13th c. (CKW) | |
Area: | Early Excavations | |
Context: | Early Excavations, Exact provenance unknown | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Bibliography: | Morgan 1942, Corinth 11, cat. 1658; Corinth 20, 2003. | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942 Monument: Early Excavations Image: bw 3205 Image: bw 3206 Basket: Early Excavations, Exact provenance unknown |