Corinth Object: KP 537
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KP 537
Title:   SMALL KOTYLE WITH PURPLE BANDS
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KP
Object Number:   537
Description:   Small "skyphos" (identified in new publications as kotyle), very broad, shallow convex body. Incurved at rim. 2 round horizontal loop handle attached below rim. Wide ring foot with slightly raised disk covering undersurface.
Decoration:   Black paint, partly fired brown, and applied purple. Exteriro painted black to foot; applied purple bands at rim and below handles. Purple band on outer and inner edges of foot. On undersurface central black dot surrounded by black and purple lines.
Material:   Fine pink clay. No visible fabric.
Munsell Color:   7.5YR 8/4 (pink)
Condition:   Complete or intact. Complete vessel. Paint and slip well preserved, worn in places.
Manufacture:   C24 WM
Weight Description:   0.072
Weight:   0.072
Period:   Classical
Area:   Potters' Quarter
Context:   NB106 P35
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter. Stelai shrine A.
Bibliography:   Stillwell & Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 1010
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Potters' Quarter
Image: bw 8064
Image: bw 1965 081 31
Image: digital 2017 1739
Basket: NB106 P35
Notebook Page: NB 106bis, spread 22 (pp. 34 - 35)