Corinth Object: C 1938 235
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1938 235
Title:   LATE PAINTED SGRAFFITO BOWL
Category Code:   C
Year:   1938
Object Number:   235
Description:   Flaring ring foot with compound profile, rounded resting surface, slightly nippled undersurface. Hemispherical body, vertical tapered and rounded lip.
Decoration:   White slip over interior and exterior of lip. Sgraffito decoration on interior: 2 concentric circles in center, band with 2 overlapping tetrafoils over imbricate ground, separated by 3 plain concentric bands from a band of overlapping garlands over imbricate ground, 2-3 plain concentric bands on interior of lip. Yellow glaze with brown streaks over interior and lip of exterior.
Material:   Moderately fine reddish buff clay with frequent white and brown inclusions.
Munsell Color:   7.5YR 7/4
Condition:   Complete profile. Complete profile, 11 joining frgts., whole foot, 90% body, 3/4 rim. Glaze chipped.
Manufacture:   C70
Dimensions Actual:   H00.116 D00.106 (foot) D00.225 (rim)
Period:   Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Chronology:   Frankish 1st half 13th cent.
Area:   Forum south central
Context:   NB175 P150
Bibliography:   Corinth XI N1648; Corinth 20, 2003.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942
Monument: Forum south central
Image: bw 4507
Basket: NB175 P150
Notebook Page: NB 175, spread 81 (pp. 149 - 150)