Corinth Object: KV 544
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KV 544
Title:   SMALL KOTYLE, CONVENT. STYLE
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KV
Object Number:   544
Description:   Small kotyle. Flaring ring foot, deep concave undersurface, wide hemispherical body and two horizontal loop handles attached just below lip.
Decoration:   Conventionalizing style. At center of underside, black ring and dot. Black line at top of foot near junction with undersurface, red on remainder of interior of foot. Resting surface reserved. Bottom exterior edge of foot reserved, then black to lower body. Red band, black band on body. In handle zone, black zigzag with apices connected by bars to borders and with dots in each interstice. Exterior of lip red. Handle tips black. Interior of lip reserved, remainder black (Risser 2001).
Material:   Fine very pale brown clay. No visible inclusions
Munsell Color:   10YR 8/3 (very pale brown)
Condition:   Complete or intact. Intact vessel. Worn paint.
Manufacture:   C22. WM.
Weight Description:   .038
Weight:   .038
Period:   5th c. B.C.
Chronology:   ca. 480-460 B.C.
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter. Stelai shrine A.
Bibliography:   Stillwell & Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 994; Risser 2001; Corinth VII.5, p.63, no.154
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece