KP370 (Middle Byzantine Corinthian Incised-Sgraffito Plate, Intermediate/Free Style) [permalink] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Byzantine Sgraffito
Typological identification comment
On “Intermediate Style” and “Free Style,” see in general CorinthXI, pp. 150–157.
Comparanda
Decoration: cf. CorinthXI, pp. 150–151, 314, nos. 1491, 1666, fig. 127 (C. Morgan)=TzonouHerbst1999, p. 175, no. 202.
Description
Plate. Low-flaring wall and upturned rim. Exterior has white slip and wheel ridging; interior has white slip and light yellow to yellowish green glaze. Sgraffito decoration incised deeply by wide point on upper body near rim: uncertain design of floral spike(?) and spiral or animal’s ear(?). Details are freely and unevenly rendered.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Fabric: 2.5YR 5/8, red. Slip: white. Glaze: light yellow to yellowish green (PMS 7401–7407). Somewhat soft, fine to slighty gritty fabric with rare, small, subangular, white (lime) inclusions. Thin (exterior) to thick (interior), uneven slip. Thick, even, semilustrous glaze shows crazing.
Preservation comment
One fragment preserves small part of bottom and lower body. Moderate to heavy abrasion and chipping around edges; slight, sparse encrustation.
Published as
Gregory2022, pp. 743, 744, no. 282, fig. 18.3
Maximum preserved dimension
0.045
Chronology comment
Morgan‘s date for style revised to ca. 1160–1225 at Sanders2000, pp. 161–162, fig. 3 and Sanders2003, pp. 392–393, table 23.3.
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Suggested citation
“KP370 (Middle Byzantine Corinthian Incised-Sgraffito Plate, Intermediate/Free Style).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2025. <http://kenchreai.org/gaek/kp370>