Corinth Object: C 1934 1435a
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1934 1435a
Title:   INCISED SGRAFFITO COVER
Category Code:   C
Year:   1934
Object Number:   1435
Object Suffix:   a
Related Objects:   C-1934-1435 b
Description:   Cover with convex body.
Decoration:   White slip on all vessel. Free-style, incised-sgraffito decoration according to Morgan's classification. Sgraffito bird surrounded by incised flora spikes. Greenish-yellow glaze on all vessel.
Material:   Hard fabric, very pale brown in colour, 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:   10 YR 8/3 (very pale brown)
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt, non joining C-1934-1435 b, preserves one-eleventh of body, missing rim and possible handle.
Manufacture:   Wheel-made
Dimensions Preserved:   L: 0.064, W: 0.05
Weight Description:   0.032
Weight:   0.032
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   Late 12th - 1st half 13th century
Area:   Agora southwest
Context:   NB144 P55
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Agora southwest
Image: digital 2014 1959