Corinth Object: KP 548
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KP 548
Title:   PHIALE, CONVENTIONALIZING STYLE
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KP
Object Number:   548
Description:   Phiale of conventional shape. Convex lip and rim, with curving interior surface. Squat omphalos with convex rather than conical boss. Concave undersurface immediately below the omphalos. Three other phialai were found in deposit, exclusive of miniatures.
Decoration:   Black slip along the rim, possibly band; Black and red slip within bowl of phiale.
Material:   Fine pale brown clay.
Munsell Color:   10YR 8/4 (pale brown)
Condition:   Complete profile. Many frgts., preserving complete vessel; missing 2 small frgts.; Slip largely gone.
Manufacture:   C22 WM.
Weight Description:   0.054
Weight:   0.054
Period:   Classical
Chronology:   1st half 5th c. BCE
Area:   Potters' Quarter
Context:   NB106 P36
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter. Stelai shrine A.
Bibliography:   Stillwell & Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, p. 196.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Potters' Quarter
Basket: NB106 P36
Notebook Page: NB 106bis, spread 23 (pp. 36 - 37)