| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | KT 66004 | |
| Title: | DISK MOLD | |
| Category: | Minor Finds | |
| Category Code: | KT | |
| Object Number: | 66 | |
| Object Suffix: | 004 | |
| Description: | One fragment of a ceramic mold for a decorative circular disk with a lotus and palmette frieze surrounded by a single zigzag. Preserves small section of zigzag, half of one palmette, and half of one lotus. Palmette has small lozenge-shaped core, volute at either side, and eleven round-tipped leaves; all except central leaf curve outward. Lotus has two large, curved outer petals and three smaller inner ones. | |
| Material: | Coarse very pale brown clay with common large angular inclusions and frequent medium voids | |
| Munsell Color: | 10YR 8/4 (very pale brown) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. One frgt preserving 5-10% of mold | |
| Weight Description: | 0.116 | |
| Weight: | 0.116 | |
| Period: | 4th c. B.C. | |
| Chronology: | Likely date of Deposit 2, ca. 350-325 B.C. (Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, p. 24) | |
| Area: | Potters' Quarter | |
| Context: | NB114 P9 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter, Terracotta Factory, Court, Deposit 2 | |
| Bibliography: | Stillwell 1948, Corinth 15.1, cat. 104, p. 112 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 9 (pp. 8 - 9) |
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