Corinth Object: KP 531
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KP 531
Title:   RAY KOTYLE
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KP
Object Number:   531
Description:   Ray "skyphos," deep body with slightly incurved rim, flat sides and low ring foot with flat resting surface. 2 round horiz. handles loop handles attached below rim.
Decoration:   Upper body, handles, and interior black, with pairs of applied-red circumf. lines at rim, below handles and above rays; single lines inside rim and halfway down interior. Long, thin, widely spaced rays on lower body rise from circumf. line at base. Red and black bands on outer edge of foot, black line and red band on resting surface. On bottom, black band near foot and thin concentric rings round central dot.
Material:   Fine very pale brown clay. No visible fabric.
    Fine very pale brown clay. No visible inclusions.
Munsell Color:   10YR 8/4 (very pale brown)
Condition:   Complete or intact. 9 frgts., mended. Restored section where frgts. Are missing. Chipped paint.
    Complete or intact. Many frgts., preserving nearly entire vessel. Restored. Worn paint.
Manufacture:   WM.
Weight Description:   .353
    .354
Weight:   .353
    .354
Period:   5th c. B.C.
Chronology:   1st half 5th c., based on Corinth 15.3
Area:   Potters' Quarter
Context:   NB106 P36
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter. Stelai shrine A.
Bibliography:   Stillwell & Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, mentioned cat. 1002
    Stillwell & Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, p. 190
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Potters' Quarter
Basket: NB106 P36