Corinth Object: C 1937 1779a
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1937 1779a
Title:   INCISED WARE BOWL
Category Code:   C
Year:   1937
Object Number:   1779
Object Suffix:   a
Related Objects:   C-1937-1779B-C
Description:   Bowl with low, vertical ring foot, flat resting surface, interior of foot curving into rounded undersurface. Deep body with nearly straight flaring profile rising at ca. 60 degrees to vertical tapered lip. Lower half body exterior left somewhat rough, upper half trimmed on wheel.
Decoration:   Incised decoration on interior: center floor, diamond crossed by long radiating arcs; on upper body broad band of zigzag with circles in angle between framing lines; two splotches of green paint on upper body to lip. Yellow glaze on interior.
Material:   Moderately fine light red clay with scattered coarse white inclusions, frequent tiny white, black inclusions, voids.
Munsell Color:   Redder than 5YR 5/6
Condition:   Complete profile. Eight joining frgts., complete foot, nearly half body to lip; missing small part of floor, lower body.
Manufacture:   C70
Dimensions Actual:   H00.091 D00.070 (foot)
Dimensions Restored:   D00.19 (lip)
Period:   Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Chronology:   Coins to end 13th c.
Area:   Forum south central
Context:   NB174 P65
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Forum south central
Basket: NB174 P65
Notebook Page: NB 174, spread 38 (pp. 65 - 66)