Corinth Object: C 1959 123
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1959 123
Title:   BYZANTINE INCISED WARE BOWL
Category Code:   C
Year:   1959
Object Number:   123
Description:   Bowl with flaring stem foot, hemispherical body ending in round vertical lip.
Decoration:   White slip over all, except for interior of foot. Incised on floor: in center, bird in profile to rt., with long bill, horizontal stripes on neck, incised body with reserved stripe wing and tail, long legs; no frame. Surrounded by floral sprays in field. Pale yellow glaze over all interior,overlapping exterior of lip.
Material:   Semi-fine reddish brown clay (largely covered with plaster)
Munsell Color:   Ca. 2.5YR 6/5
Condition:   Complete profile. Complete profile, 9 joining frgts.: complete top circumference of foot, tiny portion of full profile; most of floor, over half body, lip. Partly chipped.RIP
Manufacture:   C70
Dimensions Actual:   H00.105-00.112 D00.222 (lip)
Dimensions Restored:   D00.059 (foot)
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   12th to early 13th c., context to 2nd half 13th c.
Area:   Forum
Context:   NB210 B3 P16
    NB210 B13 P28
    NB210 B6 P44
    Forum southwest, Z-IA:43-46, 51-66 A-H:51-56 A-ST:61-66 general fil
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Forum
Image: bw 1961 040 20
Image: bw 1961 040 26
Baskets (4)
Notebook Page: NB 210, spread 13 (pp. 16 - 17)
Notebook Page: NB 210, spread 19 (pp. 28 - 29)
Notebook Page: NB 210, spread 27 (pp. 44 - 45)