| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | C 1961 69 | |
| Title: | FRANKISH GREEN-GLAZED BOWL WITH SMALL SGRAFFITO | |
| Category Code: | C | |
| Year: | 1961 | |
| Object Number: | 69 | |
| Description: | Bowl with low, thick vertical ring foot, slightly pointed undersurface, stepped convex body and tapered, flaring lip | |
| Decoration: | White slip on interior and splashed around exterior of lip, dripping down in several places; inside, and on the edges of the lip it is glazed dark olive brown (2.5Y 3/3) to light green (color is inconsistent and splotchy). Half of the way up the interior walls are two incised lines around the circumference of the bowl, and below these, near the bottom center is a single small, loop-like sgraffito shaped like a capital "J". Compare to C-60-309 (Hesperia 36.3 (1967) p. 272, no. 29, pl. 63), a Frankish sgraffito bowl. | |
| Material: | Semi-coarse reddish yellow clay with rare to few medium, rounded, spherical white inclusions and rare, medium, platy voids | |
| Munsell Color: | 5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow) | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Mended from one large piece and two smaller frgts., preserving upper body and rim; Rim 4/5 complete (missing one small, c. 0.020, section, and one larger one) | |
| Manufacture: | C70 WM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H. 0.060, Diam. of foot 0.055, Diam. of lip 0.154 | |
| Weight Description: | 0.260 | |
| Weight: | 0.260 | |
| Period: | Frankish (1210-1458 AD) | |
| Area: | Forum | |
| Context: | NB229 B14 P169, LOT 0676 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Forum Image: bw 1961 035 07 Basket: NB229 B14 P169 Notebook Page: NB 229, spread 89 (pp. 168 - 169) |
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