| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | KP 255 | |
| Title: | LEKANIS | |
| Category: | Pottery | |
| Category Code: | KP | |
| Object Number: | 255 | |
| Description: | Lekanis with low disk foot with slightly concave underside, shallow concave sides with sharp angle to flange with tapered lip; three reflex handles spaced evenly and attached just below rim, with loops oriented upwards. Shape similar to KP-841 (Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 1056) and KP-2346 (Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 1189), but shallower (and later?). | |
| Decoration: | Single vertical incised line through return of one handle; thick black stripe below rim, black stripe covering top of rim, top of handles, and exterior of flange, very thick black stripe on interior, misfired red. | |
| Material: | Fine very pale brown clay. | |
| Munsell Color: | 10 YR 3/3 (very pale brown) | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Three joining frgts., preserving all of base, body, rim, two of three handles, and 3/4 of flange; RIP; some chipping of glaze. | |
| Manufacture: | WM | |
| Weight Description: | 0.069 | |
| Weight: | 0.069 | |
| Period: | 5th c. B.C. | |
| Chronology: | 3rd quarter of 5th c. BC or later, according to Corinth 15.3, p. 214 | |
| Area: | Potters' Quarter | |
| Context: | NB114 P140 | |
| Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter, Terracotta Factory, South of Building, Deposit 9 | |
| Bibliography: | Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 1148 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter Image: bw 6444 Image: bw 1965 080 14 Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 76 (pp. 140 - 141) |
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