Corinth Object: C 1936 655
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1936 655
Title:   BYZANTINE SGRAFFITO PLATE
Category Code:   C
Year:   1936
Object Number:   655
Description:   Plate with raised rim and rudimentary foot.
Decoration:   Slip all over. Yellow glaze on interior. Sgraffito decoration: centaur holds teardrop shield and gallops to right, over serpent. Stars on body. Kufic border.
Material:   Reddish clay.
Condition:   Fragment. RIP.
Period:   Byzantine
Findspot Description:   South Basilica, March 17, 1936. DAA p. 50
Bibliography:   Walker 2008, AB XC (I) "Meaningful Mingling: Classicizing Imagery and Islamicizing Script in a Byzantine Bowl", p. 47-48, fig. 24
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: bw 4348
Image: bw 4439
Notebook Page: NB 153, spread 33 (pp. 50 - 51)