Corinth Object: KP 2571
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KP 2571
Title:   THYMIATERION LID, CONVENTIONALIZING STYLE
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KP
Object Number:   2571
Description:   Thymiaterion lid, low rounded & has circular cutouts between 2 pair of grooves and rises to low, flaring, conical, flat-topped knob.
Decoration:   Conventionalizing style. Black scroll meander, black dots in first groove, black line in second groove, black dots, red band in lower part of cutout zone. Black line, black dots above cutout zone. Black band in second pair of grooves, then black dots, red band to just below flaring top of knob. Red line at bottom exterior edge of top of knob. Black dots, black line at otp exterior edge of knob. On top of knob, black dots, red line, black dotted whorl with red base ring, blakc swastika in center.
Material:   Fine very pale brown clay. No visible inclusions.
Munsell Color:   10YR 8/3 (very pale brown)
Condition:   Fragment. 2 frgts., preserving top of lid and part of profile. Paint slightly worn.
Manufacture:   C22 WM.
Weight Description:   .010
Weight:   .010
Period:   5th c. B.C.
Chronology:   3rd quarter 5th c., BCE
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter. Double Stele Shrine.
Bibliography:   Stillwell & Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, p. 215; Risser 2001; Corinth VII.5, p.134, no.588
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: bw 1965 086 08