| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | KV 490 | |
| Title: | MINIATURE SAUCER WITH HANDLE | |
| Category: | Pottery | |
| Category Code: | KV | |
| Object Number: | 490 | |
| Description: | Miniature bowl with flat bottom, convex walls, and tapered lip; single round loop handle attached just below lip. Shape similar to KV 969 (Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 1999), decoration similar to KV 492 (Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 2000). | |
| Decoration: | Smoothing marks on bottom; handle and opposite side dipped in black slip. | |
| Material: | Fine, pale yellow clay with few small inclusions and few fine voids | |
| Munsell Color: | 2.5Y 8/3 (pale yellow) | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Complete, decorate black slip flaking. | |
| Manufacture: | WM | |
| Weight Description: | 0.011 | |
| Weight: | 0.011 | |
| Period: | 4th c. B.C. | |
| Chronology: | ca. 350-325 B.C. (Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, p. 211) | |
| Area: | Potters' Quarter | |
| Context: | NB114 P7 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter, Terracotta Factory, Court, Deposit 2 | |
| Bibliography: | Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 1997 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 8 (pp. 6 - 7) |
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