Corinth Object: KP 541
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KP 541
Title:   KOTYLE, CONVENTIONALIZING STYLE
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KP
Object Number:   541
Description:   Small "skyphos" (identified in new publications as kotyle), deep concave body. 1 round horizontal loop handle attached below rim. Ring foot with slightly rounded resting surface.
Decoration:   Conventionalizing style. Black paint. Vert. wavy lines at rim between black lines. Center of handle black. On body, three broad bands bounded and separated by thin black lines. Foot interior and exterior decorated by concentric lines. Stelai Shrine A Workshop (Risser 2001).
Material:   Fine yellow clay. No visible inclusions.
Munsell Color:   10YR 8/6 (yellow)
Condition:   Complete profile. 9 frgts., preserving complete profile. Paint partly worn off.
Manufacture:   C22 WM.
Weight Description:   0.044
Weight:   0.044
Period:   Archaic (7th-6th c.)
Chronology:   late 6th or early 5th BCE
Area:   Potters' Quarter
Context:   NB106 P36
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter. Stelai shrine A.
Bibliography:   Stillwell & Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, p. 186; Risser 2001; Corinth VII.5, pp. 61-62, no.139
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Potters' Quarter
Basket: NB106 P36