Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | KV 500 | |
Title: | MINIATURE CUP | |
Category: | Pottery | |
Category Code: | KV | |
Object Number: | 500 | |
Description: | Miniature cup with disc foot with flat underside, lower walls convex and upper walls flaring straight to tapered lip. Two vertical strap handles in tight loop project slightly above lip. | |
Decoration: | String marks on base. Dipped in black glaze--interior completely black, lower body of exterior reserved. | |
Material: | Fine very pale brown clay with rare fine inclusions and rare fine voids | |
Munsell Color: | 10YR 8/3 (very pale brown) | |
Condition: | Missing parts. Complete except for part of one handle, which has been restored in plaster. Glaze has some 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 P84 | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory, Deposit 8. | |
Bibliography: | Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, p. 313, cat. 1735 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter Image: bw 1966 110 30 Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 48 (pp. 84 - 85) |