Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1934 691 | |
Title: | BYZANTINE CHAMPLEVE PLATE | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1934 | |
Object Number: | 691 | |
Description: | Plate with very low vertical ring foot, narrow flattened resting surface, flat undersurface. Start of nearly horizontal body. | |
Decoration: | White slip over all. On floor, central medallion framed by ring of beads within which a plain band. In center, bird to rt. Eye is a dotted circle with long tail. Remainder plain. Floral filler. Compass point at center. Light yellow glaze on interior, becoming clear on exterior of body. | |
Material: | Fine light red clay. | |
Munsell Color: | Ca. 2.5YR 5.5/6 | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., all of foot, floor. Edges of foot chipped. | |
Manufacture: | C70 | |
Dimensions Actual: | D00.065 | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H00.011 | |
Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
Chronology: | Late 12th to early 13th c. | |
Area: | Forum southeast | |
Context: | NB141 P35 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Forum southeast Basket: NB141 P35 Notebook Page: NB 141, spread 28 (pp. 35 - 36) |