Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | KT 53005 | |
Title: | TERRACOTTA MIRROR | |
Category: | Minor Finds | |
Category Code: | KT | |
Object Number: | 53 | |
Object Suffix: | 005 | |
Description: | Handmade terracotta mirror with disc-shaped face and cone-shaped handle. Disc thickness somewhat variable and with visible fingerprints. Similar to mirror found in early excavations of Corinth (AJA 10 (1906), pl. XI, 16). | |
Decoration: | Traces of white slip and brown wash over all. | |
Material: | Fine pale yellow clay with rare small inclusions and frequent medium voids | |
Munsell Color: | 5Y 8/2 (pale yellow) | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Two joining frgts preserving all of mirror; white slip very poorly preserved. | |
Manufacture: | F29 HM | |
Weight Description: | 0.010 | |
Weight: | 0.010 | |
Period: | 4th c. B.C. | |
Chronology: | At least as late as mid 4th (Stillwell 1952, Corinth15.2, p. 213) | |
Area: | Potters' Quarter | |
Context: | NB108 P196 | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter, Terracotta Factory, Court, Deposit 2. | |
Bibliography: | Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, cat. XXXIV, 10, p. 213 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter Notebook Page: NB 108, spread 99 (pp. 196 - 197) |