Corinth Object: C 1936 584
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1936 584
Title:   DARK-ON-LIGHT SLIP-PAINTED BOWL
Category Code:   C
Year:   1936
Object Number:   584
Description:   Bowl with low ring foot, pierced by suspension hole; broad shallow body curving up to very low triangular rim, broad inward and outward thickened lip with groove on upper surface. Two slight grooves on exterior of rim.
Decoration:   Dark on light slip painted (Imitation Lustre). White (Munsell 5YR 8/1) slip inside to over rim outside. Red (no Munsell possible) slip painted gallinaceous fowl in tondo with rinceau border. Zones of paraller hatch marks on rim. Pale green glaze inside and out and inside foot.
Material:   Moderately fine buff clay. Fired pink (Munsell 7.5 YR 7/4) with black and white inclusions. Smooth and conchoidal break.
Munsell Color:   Near 10YR 7/3
Condition:   Complete profile. Eight frgts., preserving about 1/2 of vessel including base, 1/2 body and 2/5 rim. Partially restored.
Manufacture:   C79
Dimensions Actual:   H00.08 D00.085 (foot) D00.253 (max)
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   c. 1130-1160 (G. Sanders)
Area:   South Stoa middle
Context:   NB152 P148
Bibliography:   Corinth XI N0605; Sanders 1999 p. 160, Corinth 20, fig. 23.2: 9, 2003.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942
Monument: South Stoa middle
Image: bw 4595
Basket: NB152 P148
Notebook Page: NB 152, spread 79 (pp. 148 - 149)