Corinth Object: KP 561
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KP 561
Title:   EARLY CORINTHIAN ARYBALLOS TRY-PIECE
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KP
Object Number:   561
Description:   Globular body, with flat base. Hole (Diam. 0.006) pierced through side of body; very crudely formed.
Decoration:   Completely glazed back (fired dark red in points). Incised lines divide the surface of the body in uneven sections. Pitting of glaze around hole and bottom.
Material:   Very pale brown clay.
Munsell Color:   10 YR 8/3 (very pale brown)
Condition:   Fragment. Mended from joining frgts., preserving almost all body. Neck and disk mended. RIP.
Dimensions Actual:   Diam. Body 0.081
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.061 (body);
Period:   Early Corinthian (620/615-595/590)
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter Well I
Bibliography:   Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cited cat. 1548
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Stillwell & Benson, Corinth 15:3, 1984
Image: bw 1965 102 30