Corinth Object: C 1937 1892a
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1937 1892a
Title:   MEASLES WARE BOWL
Category Code:   C
Year:   1937
Object Number:   1892
Object Suffix:   a
Related Objects:   C-1937-1892B
Description:   Plate with low vertical ring foot, narrow rounded surface, flat undersurface. Nearly flat body, vertical rim H00.021, tapered lip.
Decoration:   Pale slip on interior and over rim. Interior: central sunburst of 8 radiating, pointed ovals, band of angular guilloche below rim. Clear glaze on interior, becoming greenish on exterior; undersurface reserved.
Material:   Light reddish-brown clay with frequent black, some white inclusions, voids.
Munsell Color:   Near 5YR 7/6 (chip)
Condition:   Complete profile. Nine joining frgts., complete profile; 2/3 foot, nearly half floor, body, small part of rim. Note: RIP with B.
Manufacture:   C70
Dimensions Actual:   H00.046 D00.074 (foot)
Dimensions Restored:   D00.215 (lip)
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   Early 12th c.
Area:   Forum south central
Context:   NB174 P31
Provenance:   Corinth
Bibliography:   Corinth XI N0640
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942
Monument: Forum south central
Basket: NB174 P31