Corinth Object: KP 218
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KP 218
Title:   SHALLOW SAUCER
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KP
Object Number:   218
Description:   Shallow saucer with slightly round bottom, low ring foot with flat resting surface, echinoid walls, slightly incurved rim, and tapered lip.
Decoration:   Black slip over all. Some slight misfiring to red.
Material:   Fine pink clay with rare fine inclusions and rare fine voids
Munsell Color:   7.5YR 8/3 (pink)
Condition:   Complete profile. Fifteen joining frgts preserving all of vessel except portion of foot and base and two rim sherds. Missing portions reconstructed in modern plaster.
Manufacture:   WM
Weight Description:   0.090
Weight:   0.090
Period:   4th c. B.C.
Chronology:   ca. 325-300 B.C., based on identification by G.R. Edwards (Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, p. 212)
Area:   Potters' Quarter
Context:   NB114 P32
Provenance:   Corinth.
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory, Court, possibly Deposit 4.
Bibliography:   Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 1134, p. 212
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Potters' Quarter
Image: bw 1966 100 01
Basket: NB114 P32