Corinth Object: KV 500
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)