Corinth Object: C 1935 17
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1935 17
Title:   WHITE WARE, GREEN GLAZE HEAD (PLASTIC DECORATION)
Category Code:   C
Year:   1935
Object Number:   17
Decoration:   Plastic decoration representing human head, covedered in green glaze, possibly from chafing dish.
Material:   Fine, medium-hardfabric, pinkish white in colour with rare (0.25-0.5 mm) angular-spherical red inclusions
Munsell Color:   7.5 YR 8/2 (pinkish white)
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt preserves complete head
Manufacture:   HM
Dimensions Preserved:   L: 0.023, W: 0.028
Weight Description:   0.022
Weight:   0.022
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   Second half 10th - 11th century (Sanders 2003)
Provenance:   Imported
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2014 2765