Corinth Object: KP 219
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KP 219
Title:   IMITATION ATTIC SKYPHOS
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KP
Object Number:   219
Description:   Kotyle with ring foot and central boss on underside of base, wide stem, body with compound curve, slightly flaring rim with tapered lip; horseshoe handles attached just below rim. Very similar to KP 220 (Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 1129) from the same deposit.
Decoration:   Black glaze over all.
Material:   Fine, very pale brown clay with few fine inclusions and few fine voids
Munsell Color:   10YR 8/4 (very pale brown)
Condition:   Complete profile. Thirteen joining frgts preserving 95% of base, 90% of body, 50% of rim, and one handle; missing frgts restored in plaster; black glaze flaking.
Manufacture:   WM
Weight Description:   0.018
Weight:   0.018
Period:   4th c. B.C.
Chronology:   2nd half of the 4th c. B.C., 'Laphaes skyphos' (Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, p. 212)
Area:   Potters' Quarter
Context:   NB114 P11
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter, Terracotta Factory, Court, Deposit 2
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Potters' Quarter
Image: bw 1966 109 07
Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 10 (pp. 10 - 11)