KP374a (Middle Byzantine Corinthian(?) Green and Brown Painted-Ware Bowl) [permalink] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Byzantine Glazed Pottery
Typological identification comment
On Green and Brown Painted ware, Group III, see CorinthXI, pp. 77–80.
Comparanda
Decoration: cf. CorinthXI, pp. 78, 221, no. 477, pl. XXIII:b (C. Morgan)
Comparanda
Form: cf. CorinthXI, p. 78, fig. 56:a (C. Morgan; dish with upturned rim and ring foot)
Description
Bowl. Flaring wall. Vertical, slightly flaring, tapering rim with rounded to slightly pointed lip. Exterior unfinished; interior has white slip up over rim, green and dark brown paint, and clear glaze over green. Decoration painted in broad and narrow strokes on rim: broad, oblique stripes of green (leaves?) from rim-body joint out to lip separated by thin brown lines; dark brown to black horizontal line along rim-body joint; solid green field or band on upper body.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Fabric: 2.5YR 6/6, light red. Slip: white. Paint: light green to green (PMS 5777–7490) and dark brown to black (7.5YR 3/1). Glaze: clear. Somewhat soft, fine fabric with rare, small to medium, rounded, white (lime) inclusions. Thin, uneven slip, slightly flaky. Thin, uneven, matte paint, flaky. Thin, even, semilustrous glaze over paint.
Preservation comment
Two small fragments, one preserving small part of rim and upper body. Slight, sparse abrasion and chipping along breaks; slight, extensive encrustation.
Published as
Gregory2022, pp. 745, 746, no. 285, fig. 18.4
Preserved height
0.035
Preserved width
0.054
Estimated rim diameter
0.34
Chronology comment
Morgan‘s date revised to ca. 1160–1200 at Sanders2000, pp. 161–162, fig. 3 and Sanders2003, pp. 392–393, table 23.3.
Belongs to Historical Period
Middle Byzantine (Historical Period)
Suggested citation
“KP374a (Middle Byzantine Corinthian(?) Green and Brown Painted-Ware Bowl).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2025. <http://kenchreai.org/gaek/kp374a>