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) |