Corinth Object: KV 540
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KV 540
Title:   MINIATURE SAUCER WITH THREE CUPS
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KV
Object Number:   540
Description:   Miniature saucer with flat, but irregular base, short convex walls, flaring rim, and round lip. Three small disks of clay adhered to interior to represent cups. Small lug preserved on one side of rim. One side of rim downturned. Notebook line number conflict with KV 1165 (iii-31-29).
Decoration:   String marks on base.
Material:   Fine reddish yellow clay with few small, white inclusions and few meidum round voids
Munsell Color:   5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow)
Condition:   Missing parts. One frgt preserving most of vessel except two small portions of rim. Surface very worn.
Manufacture:   WM
Weight Description:   0.014
Weight:   0.014
Period:   Classical
Area:   Potters' Quarter
Context:   NB114 P31
Provenance:   Corinth.
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory, Court, near Deposit 4.
Bibliography:   Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 1989, p. 333
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Potters' Quarter
Image: bw 1962 048 28
Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 20 (pp. 30 - 31)