Corinth Object: KP 44
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KP 44
Title:   SMALL EARLY CORINTHIAN KOTYLE BY THE KP 44 WORKSHOP
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KP
Object Number:   44
Description:   Hemispherical small body, tapered rim, ring small foot with pointed resting surface.
Decoration:   Corinthian black-figure style. Vertical zigzags at rim, bordered by one line above, two thicker lines below; animal frieze; short rays at bottom. Outer edge of foot with single painted line. Undersurface: one painted circular band on inner edge of foot, one concentric band at the center. Animal frieze: panther to r., siren with raised wing to l., panther to l. on one side; on the other side, double palmette with streaming outer leaves, cock to l. Filling ornaments: incised spoked rosettes, incised and unincised blobs.
Material:   Pale yellow clay
Munsell Color:   5 Y 8/3 (pale yellow)
Condition:   Complete profile. Missing handles and few fragments from rim and body. Paint partially worn.
Manufacture:   WM
Period:   Early Corinthian (620/615-595/590)
Area:   Potters' Quarter
Context:   NB108 P15
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter. Aryballos Deposit.
Bibliography:   Corinth 15.3, 365; Benson 1983
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Potters' Quarter
Basket: NB108 P15