Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | KP 2151 | |
Title: | SUB-GEOMETRIC PLATE WALL AND BOTTOM | |
Category: | Pottery | |
Category Code: | KP | |
Object Number: | 2151 | |
Description: | Wall and bottom of plate. Straight, somewhat outward flaring wall, slightly convex on lower part of exterior; sharp rim. Floor very thick and convex; rests on lower ring foot with pointed resting surface. For vert. on exterior, not projecting. | |
Decoration: | Black paint, mostly worn off, leaving light brown stain. On interior of floor: three circumf. Lines, band containing horiz. Zigzag, three circumf. Lines, band of vert. zigzags in groups of three, three circumf. Lines. On interior of wall: circumf line at reim, band with groups of five vert. zigzags, alternated with groups of five vert. lines, two circumf. Lines. Line on outer and inner surface of ring foot. Bottom lines. On exterior of wall: same decoration as on interior, except for three circumf. Lines at top instead of one, and three at base instead of two. | |
Material: | Pale buff clay | |
Munsell Color: | 7.5 YR 8/4 | |
Condition: | Fragment. Two sherds with part of wall and bottom | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H 0.032; D 0.025 | |
Period: | Protocorinthian (720-630) | |
Chronology: | Sub-Geomtric, according to Benson | |
Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. | |
Bibliography: | Stillwell & Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3; Corinth VII.5, p.4 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Stillwell & Benson, Corinth 15:3, 1984 Image: bw 6299 |