Corinth Object: C 1937 1881
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1937 1881
Title:   FRANKISH INCISED WARE BOWL
Category Code:   C
Year:   1937
Object Number:   1881
Description:   Bowl with flaring ring foot, flat resting surface. Hemispherical body, lower half of which pared flat, tapered lip.
Decoration:   Pale slip on interior and over upper fourth of exterior. Incised on interior: large medallion with interlace on imbricate and hatched ground; 5 circumference lines, above which broad band of interlace on scraped ground, 2 lines at base of lip. A few splotches of green on floor; glaze fired yellow to brown on interior and over lip.
Material:   Brown clay with tiny sand-like inclusions, fewer white, numerous voids.
Munsell Color:   Near 5YR 6/6
Condition:   Complete profile. Three joining frgts., complete profile. 3/4 foot, ca. 1/3 body to lip but diameter preserved. Missing floor. Heavily encrusted on both surfaces, interior cleaned.
Manufacture:   C70
Dimensions Actual:   H. 0.09, Diam. 0.109 (foot), Diam. 0.213 (lip)
Period:   Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Chronology:   13th c., coins to Wm. Villehardouin
Area:   Forum south central
Context:   NB174 P126
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Forum south central
Image: digital 2015 3625
Basket: NB174 P126
Notebook Page: NB 174, spread 68 (pp. 125 - 126)