| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | C 1938 114 | |
| Title: | DARK-ON-LIGHT SLIP-PAINTED PLATE | |
| Category Code: | C | |
| Year: | 1938 | |
| Object Number: | 114 | |
| Description: | Plate with low vertical ring foot, flat resting surface and undersurface; shallow, nearly horizontal body, gradually curving up to low, vertical rim with tapered lip. | |
| Decoration: | White slip inside, and over exterior rim and upper body. Interior, central medallion with dotted circle from which radiate 4 pointed petals, pendent triangles between; broad band of spiral and Kufic motif; dots on lip. Clear glaze over slip, overfired and vitrified, giving mirror like finish; puddle of glaze or slip on floor. Similar to C-1935-257. | |
| Material: | Hard-fired clay with rare small gray inclusions, and common small to large angular platy and subrounded spherical and tabular voids. | |
| Munsell Color: | 5YR 6/4 | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Two joining frgts., preserving complete profile, ca. 1/3 foot, lower body, ca. 1/8 upper body-rim. | |
| Manufacture: | C79 | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H00.047 | |
| Dimensions Restored: | D00.080 (foot) D00.21 (rim) | |
| Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
| Chronology: | Based on comparanda. | |
| Area: | Forum south central | |
| Context: | NB175 P24 | |
| Bibliography: | Morgan 1942, Corinth 11, cat. 583 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942 Monument: Forum south central Image: digital 2014 1267 Basket: NB175 P24 Notebook Page: NB 175, spread 18 (pp. 23 - 24) |
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