Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1937 795 | |
Title: | YELLOW-GLAZED PLATE WITH GRAFFITO | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1937 | |
Object Number: | 795 | |
Description: | Plate with high flaring ring foot, narrow round resting surface, flat undersurface. Body rising at ca. 30 degrees with slight convex to concave profile to beveled lip, projecting slightly above interior. | |
Decoration: | White slip over all, thinly applied to exterior. Pale yellow glaze on interior and over lip, very thinly washed over remainder of plate. | |
Writing: | graffito. ? Either random scratches or graffito on undersurface, now damaged. | |
Material: | Moderately fine red clay with frequent voids, white inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | Near 2.5YR 4/6 | |
Condition: | Complete profile. 12 joining frgts., complete profile; complete foot, ca. 2/5 body to lip. | |
Manufacture: | C83 | |
Dimensions Actual: | H00.064 D00.079 (foot) D00.22 (lip) | |
Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
Chronology: | ? 84? Late Byzantine to 13th c. | |
Area: | Forum south central | |
Context: | NB162 P147 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Forum south central Basket: NB162 P147 |