Corinth Object: KP 1561
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KP 1561
Title:   KOTHON/EXALEIPTRON, CONVENTIONALIZING STYLE
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KP
Object Number:   1561
Description:   Small exaleiptron. Body flares up to molded ridge at midpoint, then slopes slightly inward and is offset from shoulder by second molded ridge; shoulder slopes slightly upward, as far as preserved.
Decoration:   Conventionalizing style. Black lines serves as base for black rays, which are triangular at bottom, then rise in thin lines. Rays are widely spaced and terminate in black line just below first ridge. Ridge applied puple. Black line above ridge. Applied purple small upward pointing triangles. Black dotted loop. Applied purple downward-pointing hollow triangles descend from black line below second ridge. Second ridge applied purple, containing on line above ridge, then black, purplle, black, purple lines. Lower half of interior black, as far as preserved. Attributed to Serpentine Group (Risser 2001).
Material:   Fine very pale brown clay. No visible inclusions.
Munsell Color:   10YR 8/3 (very pale brown)
Condition:   Fragment. 2 frgts., worn paint.
Manufacture:   C22 WM.
Weight Description:   .004
Weight:   .004
Period:   Archaic (7th-6th c.)
Chronology:   3rd quarter 6th c. BCE
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter. Double stele shrine.
Bibliography:   Risser 2001; Corinth VII.5, p.157, no.667
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece