| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | C 1960 50a | |
| Title: | BYZANTINE DUOCHROME SGRAFFITO BOWL: FRAGMENT | |
| Category Code: | C | |
| Year: | 1960 | |
| Object Number: | 50 | |
| Object Suffix: | a | |
| Related Objects: | C-1960-50B, C-1960-50C | |
| Description: | Bowl with flaring ring foot, lower half of which trimmed back at angle, uneven resting surface, slightly rounded undersurface. Deep echinoid body, groove offseting narrow vertical rim with projecting lip on interior, offset by groove from top of rim. Bowl warped ? | |
| Decoration: | Pale slip on interior and overlapping rim. Sgraffito decoration on interior with pattern of interlocking circles: 2 concentric circles on floor, cut by at least 3 circles around body; within parts cut by other circles rows of short dashes; in center long stem with hatching, tips of 2 petals; parts of 3 circles around body: filled with quatrefoil pattern, each leaf of which having 3 concentric loops, with scallops as filler between petals. Upper half of body plain. Pale olive-greenish glaze over all, going to brown on rim; brown on entire exterior. | |
| Material: | Moderately fine clay with frequent fine black inclusions, fired light gray to gray-brown at edges. | |
| Munsell Color: | Near 10YR 7/2 | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Ten joining frgts., complete profile; 1/4 bowl from foot to rim. | |
| Manufacture: | C70 WM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H. 0.106 | |
| Dimensions Restored: | Diam. 0.10 (foot), Diam. 0.32-00.33 (lip) | |
| Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
| Chronology: | 1090-1120 (G. Sanders) Context: coin of Wm. Villehardouin (1245-50) | |
| Area: | Forum southwest | |
| Context: | NB217 B4 P96 | |
| Bibliography: | Oct. 1999: Thessalonica exhibit, Sanders 1999 p.165 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Forum southwest Image: bw 1962 006 12 Image: bw 1999 030 35a Basket: NB217 B4 P96 |
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