Corinth Object: KP 446
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KP 446
Title:   LATE CORINTHIAN ARYBALLOS
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KP
Object Number:   446
Description:   Vertical ring base, globular body, round shoulder, cilindircal neck, flat disk. Vertical strap handle connecting disk to shoulder.
Decoration:   Clay fired to grayish color. Foot black. On body: star or floral motif in orange glaze and added red paint. On back, circle divided in four quadrants by cross. Inside each quarter a dot. Decoration very cursory. Some decoration on handle, but almost not visible. On side of disk, dots. On upper surface of disk, concentric rings.
Material:   Very pale brown clay.
Munsell Color:   10 YR 7/3 (very pale brown)
Condition:   Complete profile. Complete profile, mended from numerous frgts. Part of ring foot preserved, large areas of body; half of disk and strap handle preserved.
Dimensions Actual:   Diam Body 0.131
Dimensions Restored:   H. 0.153; Diam base 0.097; diam disc 0.065
Period:   Late Corinthian
Chronology:   Very end of LC I
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter. Well I
Bibliography:   Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 881; Corinth 20, 2003
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Stillwell & Benson, Corinth 15:3, 1984
Image: bw 1965 101 16
Image: bw 1965 101 17