Corinth Object: C 1937 1754a
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1937 1754a
Title:   INCISED BOWL
Category Code:   C
Year:   1937
Object Number:   1754
Object Suffix:   a
Related Objects:   C-1937-1754B
Description:   Bowl with very low, slightly flaring ring foot, flat resting surface, interior of foot, curving into flat undersurface, with partial circumference ring near outer circumference. Deep body with slight convex profile, rising at ca. 60 degrees to tapered lip. Paring marks on exterior of body.
Decoration:   White slip over all. Incised decoration on interior: Tondo of 3-petal rosette with heart-shaped petal, each having fringed bud in center; narrow band of eggs; at mid height band of pointed petals on scraped ground; probable ring of widely spaced medallions, edge of one preserved; band of incised tendril. Yellow glaze over all.
Material:   Moderately fine pale pinkish-buff clay with scattered coarse white inclusions.
Munsell Color:   Near 7.5YR 7/4
Condition:   Complete profile. Four joining frgts., complete profile. Nearly half foot, 1/3 lower body, tiny portion of upper body to lip.
Manufacture:   C70
Dimensions Actual:   H00.070
Dimensions Restored:   D00.075 (foot) D00.16-00.17 (lip)
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   ? Late 12th c. ?
Area:   Forum south central
Context:   NB174 P111
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Forum south central
Basket: NB174 P111