Corinth Object: KV 1283
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KV 1283
Title:   SMALL BANDED LEKYTHOS
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KV
Object Number:   1283
Description:   Small banded lekythos with flaring foot with flat underside, ovoid body. Angled at contraction to narrow neck and foot, flaring rim with flat lip. One vertical strap handle attached at neck and shoulder.
Decoration:   String marks on base. Red strip on foot, just above lower angle of body, just below upper angle of body, and top of lip. Stripes of handle.
Material:   Fine, very pale brow clay with rare fine inclusions and rare fine voids
Munsell Color:   10YR 8/3 (very pale brown)
Condition:   Complete or intact. Complete. Paint flaking. Brown residue on one side.
Manufacture:   WM
Period:   Classical
Chronology:   5th-4th c. B.C. (See Pemberton 1970, The Vrysoula Classical Deposit at Corinth, cat. 90 for discussion of type)
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter. Grave A.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: bw 6410
Notebook Page: NB 132bis, spread 27 (pp. 43 - 44)