Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: KP373 (Middle Byzantine Corinthian Fine or Incised-Sgraffito Plate)

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Type: Inventoried Object
Logical part of: Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification: Byzantine Sgraffito
Comparanda: Format: cf. CorinthIX, pp. 129, 152, 283, 321, nos. 1185, 1562, figs. 103:i, 128:d, pl. XLIV:b
Description: Plate. Wide horizontal rim. Flaring wall. Exterior mostly unfinished; white slip and yellowish white to light yellow glaze up over the rim onto exterior. Sgraf-fito decoration incised by wide point on top of rim: single, simple, split palmette with three leaves.
Fabric, firing, and surface description: Fabric: 2.5YR 5/6, red. Slip: white. Glaze: yellowish white to light yellow (close to PMS 7506). Somewhat hard, fine fabric with rare, small, rounded to subangular, white inclusions and very rare, small to medium, subangular, gray inclusions. Thick, even, dull slip. Thin, uneven (exterior) to thick, even (interior), semilustrous glaze shows crazing.
Preservation comment: One fragment preserves small part of rim and upper body. Very slight, sparse chipping.
Published as: Gregory2022, pp. 743, 744-745, no. 283, fig. 18.3
Maximum preserved dimension: 0.042
Estimated rim diameter: 0.3
Belongs to Historical Period: Middle Byzantine (Historical Period)
Material: Ceramic (Material)
Suggested citation: “KP373 (Middle Byzantine Corinthian Fine or Incised-Sgraffito Plate).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2025. <http://kenchreai.org/gaek/kp373>