Corinth Object: KP 2109
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KP 2109
Title:   MIDDLE CORINTHIAN KOTYLE
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KP
Object Number:   2109
Description:   Rim fragment. Very heavy and thick. It has a shallow body and a slightly incurving lip with a tapered ending. The lip seems to be handmade, or in any case not refined. One horizontal, loop handle slightly upturned.
Decoration:   Completely covered in very diluted slip fired red
Material:   clay
Munsell Color:   2.5 Y 8/2 (pale yellow)
Condition:   Fragment. mended from numerous pieces; it preserves 1/4 of the rim and body. One handle preserved
Dimensions Actual:   Th. 0.006
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.098; W. 0.125
Dimensions Restored:   Diam. 0.16
Period:   Middle Corinthian (595/590-570)
Chronology:   very difficult to date
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter. Northwest Angle Deposit
Bibliography:   Stillwell & Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 1571, p. 288; Corinth VII.5, p.28, ref.31
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Stillwell & Benson, Corinth 15:3, 1984
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