Corinth Object: KP 1240
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KP 1240
Title:   EARLY PROTOCORINTHIAN KOTYLE-PYXIS
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KP
Object Number:   1240
Description:   Rounded wall fragment. Vertical tapered lip with inward flange that forms a channel for lid
Decoration:   Exterior, red to brown slip: upper parts of two reverse sigmas with 3 horizontal lines above; above (below lip), 2 panels preserved: unsymmetrical butterfly and 6 vertical lines; single horizontal line on top. Flange edge painted black. Inside, traces of slip fired red.
Material:   clay
Munsell Color:   10 YR 8/3 (very pale brown)
Condition:   Fragment. Single fragment preserving small part of rim
Dimensions Actual:   Th. 0.003
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.027; L. 0.047
Dimensions Restored:   Projected diam. 0.20
Period:   Protocorinthian (720-630)
Chronology:   Early Protocorinthian
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter, Northwest Angle Deposit
Bibliography:   Stillwell & Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 149, p. 41
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Stillwell & Benson, Corinth 15:3, 1984
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