Collection: | | Corinth |
Type: | | Object |
Name: | | KP 1403 |
Title: | | INSCRIBED BOWL |
Category: | | Pottery |
Category Code: | | KP |
Object Number: | | 1403 |
Description: | | Corinthian echinus cup with torus ring foot, convex body with rounded vertical lip. Graffito on undersurface incised through black slip, showing fabric underneath. |
Decoration: | | Black exterior and interior. |
Writing: | | graffito. AI (alpha iota). Possibly abbreviation of the owner's name, incised after firing, presumably Attic-Ionic alphabet. |
Material: | | Fine very pale brown clay. No visible inclusions. |
Munsell Color: | | 10YR 8/4 (very pale brown) |
Condition: | | Fragment. 1 frgt. of vessel preserving foot and part of the wall to the rim. Chipped paint. |
Manufacture: | | WM. |
Weight Description: | | .020 |
Weight: | | .020 |
Period: | | 4th c. B.C. |
Chronology: | | 3rd quart. 4th c. (Corinth 15.3). |
Provenance: | | Corinth |
Findspot Description: | | Potters' Quarter: Double Stele Shrine. |
Bibliography: | | Stillwell & Bensons 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 2285 |
Site: | | Corinth |
City: | | Ancient Corinth |
Country: | | Greece |