Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | KT 72002 | |
Title: | SMALL TERRACOTTA PESTLE | |
Category: | Minor Finds | |
Category Code: | KT | |
Object Number: | 72 | |
Object Suffix: | 002 | |
Description: | Small pestle. Cone flares at bottom; tuip bent nearly at right angle. Under surface slightly concave. The brown wash, which is like that used on several vases from the Terracotta Factory, may indicate that this pestle, and perhaps also the others, should be dated in the 4th century. Similar to KT 72-1, KT 72-3, KT 72-4, MF-14466, MF-1970-19, MF-1971-50, and C-2007-25. | |
Material: | Gray clay, covered in brown wash. | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact. | |
Period: | 4th c. B.C. | |
Chronology: | ? Possibly 4th century based on brown wash | |
Area: | Potters' Quarter | |
Context: | Potters' Quarter | |
Provenance: | Corinth. | |
Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. | |
Bibliography: | Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, cat. 37.27 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter Basket: Potters' Quarter Notebook Page: NB 123, spread 70 (pp. 128 - 129) |