| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | KP 2499 | |
| Title: | LATE CORINTHIAN III INCENSE BURNER LID | |
| Category: | Pottery | |
| Category Code: | KP | |
| Object Number: | 2499 | |
| Description: | High, conical shape with rounded sides. Fabric thinner at edge | |
| Decoration: | Thin brown wash over interior. Black paint, partly worn off, and brownish red. Two bands, painted applied red, of perforations in the form of alternating triangles, bordered by thin grooves. At lower edge, two black band (with applied red?), black lines above. At center, lotos-palmette chain with double spirals at bases of palmettes, bordered by red and black lines. At top, horiz. Palmettes, bordered by black lines; black band at upper edge. | |
| Material: | Hard, pale, buff clay | |
| Munsell Color: | 10YR 8/3 | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Five non-joining lid fragments (a-e) | |
| Dimensions Restored: | D 0.12 | |
| Period: | Late Corinthian | |
| Chronology: | Late Corinthian III, according to Benson | |
| Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. | |
| Bibliography: | Stillwell & Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 1080, p. 201; Corinth VII.5, p.136, no.600 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Stillwell & Benson, Corinth 15:3, 1984 Image: bw 6426 |
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