Corinth Object: KP 683
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KP 683
Title:   KOTYLE
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KP
Object Number:   683
Description:   Kotyle with ring foot and central boss on underside, thick stem, body with compound curve, slightly flaring rim with rounded lip; irregular horshoe handle attached just below rim. Shape very similar to KP-220, "Laphaes skyphos."
Decoration:   Fugitive black glaze over all.
Material:   Very fine pale yellow clay with few medium, subangular, red inclusions and few fine voids.
Munsell Color:   2.5 Y 8/2 (pale yellow)
Condition:   Complete profile. Ten joining frgts., preserving all of foot, 80% of body, 2/3 of rim, and one handle. Black glaze now fugitive.
Manufacture:   WM
Weight Description:   0.095
Weight:   0.095
Period:   4th c. B.C.
Chronology:   2nd half 4th c. BC, based on comparanda
Area:   Potters' Quarter
Context:   NB114 P72
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter, Terracotta Factory, Cooridor
Bibliography:   Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 1161
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Potters' Quarter
Image: bw 1966 023 27
Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 42 (pp. 72 bis - 73 bis)