Corinth Object: KP 539
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KP 539
Title:   SMALL KOTYLE
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KP
Object Number:   539
Description:   Small "skyphos" (identified in new publications as kotyle), rather broad concave body. Small, low ring foot, slight concave on undersurface, with small disk in center. Round horizontal loop handle attached to body below rim.
Decoration:   Covered in black slip, but traces of underpainting: solid black band across center of body; radiating lines between central band and foot. Potentially for added red paint, not surviving.
Material:   Fine pink clay. No visible inclusions.
Munsell Color:   7.5YR 8/4 (pink)
Condition:   Complete profile. 8 frgts., preserving complete profile. 1 handle, and parts of body and rim missing. Streaky black paint, partly worn off.
Manufacture:   C24 WM
Weight Description:   0.021
Weight:   0.021
Period:   5th c. B.C.
Area:   Potters' Quarter
Context:   NB106 P35
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter. Stelai shrine A.
Bibliography:   Stillwell & Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, p. 191
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Potters' Quarter
Basket: NB106 P35
Notebook Page: NB 106bis, spread 22 (pp. 34 - 35)