| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | C 1937 831 | |
| Title: | BYZANTINE CHAMPLEVE PLATE | |
| Category Code: | C | |
| Year: | 1937 | |
| Object Number: | 831 | |
| Description: | Plate with vertical ring foot, flat resting surface, recessed flat undersurface. Straight flaring body rising at ca. 20 degrees. | |
| Decoration: | White slip over all. On floor: large animal jumping rt. with small lion/deer ? head tipped back to bite off head of smaller quadruped; smaller rabbit or deer beneath legs of first animal, directed rt. with head turned back. Compass point in center. Floral sprays in field. Greenish glaze on interior becoming clear on exterior. | |
| Material: | Moderately fine light red clay, fired tan at core, with scattered popped white inclusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | Between 5YR 5/8 and 2.5YR 5/8 (fresh chip) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving complete foot, floor, part of lower body. | |
| Manufacture: | C70 | |
| Dimensions Actual: | D00.113 (foot) | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H00.032 | |
| Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
| Chronology: | Late 12th to early 13th c. | |
| Area: | Forum south central | |
| Context: | NB163 P31 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Bibliography: | Corinth XI N1715 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942 Monument: Forum south central Basket: NB163 P31 Notebook Page: NB 163, spread 24 (pp. 30 - 31) |
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