Corinth Object: C 1937 1859
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1937 1859
Title:   MEASLES WARE PLATE
Category Code:   C
Year:   1937
Object Number:   1859
Description:   Plate with shallow, nearly horizontal body, turning up to narrow horizontal outturned rim.
Decoration:   White slip on interior and over rim. Floor: head of fish to right. Dots over all, scales on body. Vertical strokes on rim. Pale yellow glaze on interior, green on exterior.
Material:   Moderately fine clay fired tan at core, pink at edges, with fine white inclusions and many tiny voids.
Munsell Color:   Ca. 7.5YR 6.5/4
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving part of rim.
Manufacture:   C81
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.027 (true), H. 0.054 (max.)
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Area:   Forum south
Context:   NB174 P135
Bibliography:   Morgan 1942, Corinth 11, cat. 661
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942
Monument: Forum south
Image: digital 2014 1536
Basket: NB174 P135