Corinth Object: KP 1097
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KP 1097
Title:   MIDDLE CORINTHIAN KOTYLE
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KP
Object Number:   1097
Description:   Ovoid body, slightly incurved lip with a tapered ending. In the body is pierced an hole (diam. 0.017) rather crudely cut
Decoration:   Slip is black and of good quality. Exterior, from bottom to top: remains of rays. Above, two horizontal bands, the central frieze with a Siren with anatomical details incised and in added red. Fill is made of spoked rosettes and dots. Above the frieze, two horizontal bands. Above that, on the lip pattern of vertical squiggly lines and two horizontal lines. Inside is completely slipped black.
Material:   clay
Munsell Color:   10 YR 7/3 (very pale brown)
Condition:   Fragment. mended from numerous fragments. It preserves a portion of the rim an circa 20% of the body.
Dimensions Actual:   Th. 0.003
Dimensions Preserved:   L. 0.117; W. 0.099
Dimensions Restored:   Est. diam 0.19
Period:   Middle Corinthian (595/590-570)
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter. Well I
Bibliography:   Stillwell & Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 598, p.121
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Stillwell & Benson, Corinth 15:3, 1984
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