Corinth Object: KV 823
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KV 823
Title:   MINIATURE CUP WITH VERTICAL HANDLE
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KV
Object Number:   823
Description:   Miniature cup with disc foot with flat base, compound curve immediately above base leading to straight flaring walls and tapered lip. Single strap handle projecting above lip. Handle cracked when bent during production.
Decoration:   String marks on base. Unslipped.
Material:   Fine very pale brown clay with rare fine inclusions and rare small round voids
Munsell Color:   10YR 8/4 (very pale brown)
Condition:   Complete or intact. Complete. Several chips to lip.
Manufacture:   WM
Weight Description:   0.008
Weight:   0.008
Period:   Classical
Chronology:   Late 5th-4th c. B.C. (Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, p. 211)
Area:   Potters' Quarter
Context:   NB114 P69
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory, East Room, Deposit 5.
Bibliography:   Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 1733
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Potters' Quarter
Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 39 (pp. 68 - 69)