Corinth Object: KV 257
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KV 257
Title:   MINIATURE SPOUTED BOWL
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KV
Object Number:   257
Description:   Miniature spouted bowl with low false ring foot with added disk in center, echinoid walls with low channel below lip, and slightly inward thickened rim; two round loop handles attached below rim; small triangular spout attached at lip. Similar to KV 461, from the same deposit.
Decoration:   Thick red slip band above foot, two red stripes on interior, one red stripe on rim and spout.
Material:   Fine, very pale brown clay with few fine inclusions and few medium voids
Munsell Color:   10YR 8/4 (very pale brown)
Condition:   Missing parts. One frgt preserving all of vessel except for one missing handle; red decorative slip flaking.
Manufacture:   WM
Weight Description:   0.015
Weight:   0.015
Period:   4th c. B.C.
Chronology:   ca. 350-325 B.C. (Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, p. 211)
Area:   Potters' Quarter
Context:   NB108 P196
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter, Terracotta Factory, Court, Deposit 2
Bibliography:   Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, inv. 1972
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Potters' Quarter