Corinth Object: KV 251
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KV 251
Title:   MINIATURE KOTHON
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KV
Object Number:   251
Description:   Miniature kothon with disc foot with flat underside, echinoid walls, strongly incurving rim with rounded lip. Attachments for one round, horizontal handle.
Decoration:   String marks on base. Black glaze over all.
Material:   Fine very pale brown clay with rare fine inclusions and rare small voids
Munsell Color:   10YR 8/3 (very pale brown)
Condition:   Complete profile. Complete except for missing handle and chip from base. Glaze flaking.
Manufacture:   WM
Period:   Classical
Chronology:   Late 5th c. B.C. or later. (Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, p. 212).
Area:   Potters' Quarter
Context:   NB114 P86
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory, Deposit 8.
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Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Potters' Quarter
Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 49 (pp. 86 - 87)