Corinth Object: CP 2660a
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   CP 2660a
Title:   POLYCHROME WHITE WARE CUP
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   CP
Object Number:   2660
Object Suffix:   a
Related Objects:   CP-2660B
Description:   Cup with small ring foot, slightly concave undersurface, body rising steeply, then turning vertically to rounded lip. Two vertical strap handles attached to lower body and just below lip.
Decoration:   Interior: Floor medallion of four inward-pointed chevrons in black irridescent glaze surrounded by black stripe. Thick band of yellow glaze to mid body, then pattern of loops in white, outlined in black, liht blue on lip inside and out. Exterior: foot and lower body yellow. On vertical portion of body linear design in black on white. Handles black as preserved.
Material:   Coarse white clay with lime inclusions
Condition:   Complete profile. Many joining frgts., preserving complete profile, 5/6 foot, 2/3 body to lip. Both stumps of one handle, base of second.
Area:   Shear Excavations
Context:   Shear Excavations
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Shear Excavations
Basket: Shear Excavations