Corinth Object: LOT 645:04
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   LOT 645:04
Title:   FINE INCISED DISH WITH FISH
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   LOT
Object Number:   645
Description:   Plate with convex body, vertical rim and tapered lip.
Decoration:   White slip and yellow glaze inside and over lip. Incised fish with concentric circle eye and band around neck, a floral-like feature projects from fish back, to right of fish is more incised decoration but not enough is preserved.
Material:   Medium coarse pink clay with band of reddish yellow clay along bottom, frequent rounded to sub-rounded spherical red, black and white inclusions, frequent rounded voids. Similar to White’s Clay Tempered Group A1.
Munsell Color:   7.5YR 7/4 (pink) to 5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow)
Condition:   Fragment. Two fragments mended, lip and body. Glaze missing from lip and big chip in lip.
Manufacture:   WM
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.025, W. 0.087, L. 0.076, Th. 0.008
Dimensions Restored:   Diam. 0.220
Weight Description:   0.080
Weight:   0.080
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Area:   Forum
Context:   NB229 B14 P119, LOT 0645
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Forum
Basket: NB229 B14 P119