Corinth Object: C 1937 862
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1937 862
Title:   SGRAFFITO BOWL
Category Code:   C
Year:   1937
Object Number:   862
Description:   Bowl with low flaring ring foot, flat resting surface, flat undersurface. Straight flaring body.
Decoration:   White slip over all. Sgraffito on interior: bird to rt., with double incised circle for eye, pointed beak, scales on neck, breast. short furled wing with parallel lines for feathers, same for tail feathers, short legs. In field, crude ring of chevrons composed of 3 parallel lines; border on upper body of wavy line filled with circles. Pale yellow glaze on interior.
Material:   Fine red-brown clay with scattered tiny white inclusions, coarse voids.
Munsell Color:   Slightly redder than 5YR 5/6 (fresh chip)
Condition:   Fragment. Four joining frgts., 3/4 foot, floor, ca. 1/4 body, broken below lip.
Manufacture:   C70
Dimensions Actual:   D00.099 (foot)
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.058
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   Late Byzantine
Area:   Forum northeast
Context:   NB167 P394
Bibliography:   Corinth XI N1224
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942
Monument: Forum northeast
Basket: NB167 P394
Notebook Page: NB 167, spread 39 (pp. 393 - 394)