| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | KV 508 | |
| Title: | MINIATURE KOTHON/EXALEIPTRON | |
| Category: | Pottery | |
| Category Code: | KV | |
| Object Number: | 508 | |
| Description: | Miniature kothon/exaleiptron, low ring foot, squat, rounded body, downturned incurving rim. | |
| Decoration: | Conventionalizing style. Wide black ring and dot at center of undersurface, red ring around circum. Black band on exterior at junction of foot and body, red line below handle, red line in handle zone and on handle, 3 red lines on shoulder. Floor black, with added red ring around circum. | |
| Material: | Fine pinkish-white clay. No visible fabric. | |
| Munsell Color: | 7.5YR 8/2 (pinkish-white) | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact vessel. Paint worn. | |
| Manufacture: | C22 WM. | |
| Weight Description: | .045 | |
| Weight: | .045 | |
| Period: | Archaic (7th-6th c.) | |
| Chronology: | 2nd half 6th c. | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. Erosa shrine. | |
| Bibliography: | Stillwell & Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 2049; Risser 2001; Corinth VII.5, p.101, no.391 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Notebook Page: NB 108, spread 95 (pp. 188 - 189) |
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