Corinth Object: KP 933
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KP 933
Title:   CONICAL COVER
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KP
Object Number:   933
Description:   Conical cover with concave underside, slightly echinoid walls, rounded rim, and bud-shaped central knob. Likely for a round-mouthed oinochoe (Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, p. 199).
Decoration:   Shallow incised channel below knob; black slip over all.
Material:   Fine pink clay with rare fine inclusions and rare fine voids
Munsell Color:   7.5YR 8/3 (pink)
Condition:   Complete profile. Two joining frgts preserving 80% of top, missing one frgt of rim; glaze somewhat faded and flaking.
Manufacture:   WM
Weight Description:   0.008
Weight:   0.008
Period:   4th c. B.C.
Chronology:   Likely the same date as Deposit 2, ca. 350-325 B.C. (Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, p. 211)
Area:   Potters' Quarter
Context:   NB114 P12
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter, Terracotta Factory, Court, Near Deposit 2
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Potters' Quarter
Image: bw 1965 080 12
Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 11 (pp. 12 - 13)