Corinth Object: LOT 488:13
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   LOT 488:13
Title:   BYZANTINE SGRAFFITO BOWL
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   LOT
Object Number:   488
Description:   Bowl with almost hemispherical body and tapered lip.
Decoration:   Sgraffito, as Corinth XI cat. no. 1103, fig. 104 b. White slip inside to over lip outside. Sgraffito heraldic owl head, facing front. Colorless glaze all over, thicker on lip inside and outside.
Material:   Phyllite A1
Munsell Color:   Between 2.5 YR 5/6 (red) and 5 YR 5/6 (yellowish red)
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt preserves one-tenth of rim and upper body, missing lower body and foot.
Manufacture:   C 70 WM
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.044, W. 0.045
Dimensions Restored:   Diam. 0.18
Weight Description:   0.020
Weight:   0.020
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   Ca. 1160 - ca. 1200 (Sanders 2003, p. 393).
Area:   Forum
Context:   NB219 B1 P46
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Forum
Basket: NB219 B1 P46