Corinth Object: C 1934 1222
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1934 1222
Title:   INCISED SGRAFFITO DISC
Category Code:   C
Year:   1934
Object Number:   1222
Description:   Plate with pointed false-ring foot, difined by single groove. Almost horizontal body curving sharply up to vertical rim with tapered lip.
Decoration:   White slip on inner surface to over lip on exterior, white wash on outer surface. Incised-sgraffito, medallion style according to Morgan's classification. Incised medallion at centre, decorated with radiating lines alternated with sgraffito wavy lines. Medallion framed by incised groove and bead band. Yellow glaze on inner surface to over lip.
Material:   Fine, hard, reddish-yellow fabric with few (0.25-0.50 mm) rounded-spherical dark-red inclusions; rare (0.25-1.50mm) spherical-angular white-opaque inclusions; rare (0.50-1.50 mm) tabular-sub-rounded, black inclusions.
Munsell Color:   7.5 YR 7/6 (reddish yellow)
Condition:   Complete profile. Single frgt preserves complete profile, one-fifth of vessel.
Manufacture:   Wheel-made
Dimensions Restored:   H.:0.045, diam. rim 0.20 (?), diam. foot: 0.12.
Weight Description:   0.058
Weight:   0.058
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   Last quarter 12th century - 1st quarter 13th century
Area:   Agora southwest
Context:   NB143 P94
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Agora southwest
Image: digital 2014 1950
Notebook Page: NB 143, spread 52 (pp. 93 - 94)