| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | C 1961 123 | |
| Title: | FRANKISH INCISED-SGRAFFITO BOWL | |
| Category Code: | C | |
| Year: | 1961 | |
| Object Number: | 123 | |
| Description: | A wide, shallow bowl with a vertical ring foot, and echinoid body leading into a tapered, vertical lip | |
| Decoration: | Exterior glazed light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), with thicker drips of glaze coming down from the lip; interior glazed, pale yellow (5Y 7/4) to pale olive (5Y 6/4) in color, wih all incised and impressed decoration accentuated in olive (5Y 5/4); incised around outer perimeter are seven wide lines, the outer six of which are crossed at regular intervals by groups of five short, thin lines, creating a cross-hatched pattern; inside this outer border is an incised scene featuring a rabbit - the rabbit is crouched with its feet facing the border, has a large bulbous body, a short, pointy tail, and long, pointed ears; to either side are other animals, although they are broken off and difficult to distinguish; the background is filled with impressed dots | |
| Material: | Coarse light gray clay, displaying hackly breaks and few small black and frequent medium to very large dark gray, sub-angular, tabular to spherical inclusions | |
| Munsell Color: | 10YR 7/1 (light gray) | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Five mended frgts., preserving a small part of the foot (5%), around 1/4 of rim, and 1/4 of body; some chipping of exterior glaze | |
| Manufacture: | C70 WM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H. 0.060 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | W. 0.251, L. 0.122 | |
| Dimensions Restored: | Diam. 0.280 | |
| Weight Description: | 0.273 | |
| Weight: | 0.273 | |
| Period: | Frankish (1210-1458 AD) | |
| Chronology: | 13th century A.D.; decoration very similar to that of C-1937-1747, a Late Byzantine to Early Frankish sgraffito flanged bowl | |
| Area: | Forum | |
| Context: | NB229 B3 P178, LOT 0680 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Forum Image: bw 1962 018 21 Basket: NB229 B3 P178 Notebook Page: NB 229, spread 94 (pp. 178 - 179) |
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