Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | KV 258 | |
Title: | MINIATURE KOTYLE | |
Category: | Pottery | |
Category Code: | KV | |
Object Number: | 258 | |
Description: | Miniature kotyle with flat base, flaring walls which become concave near lip, and rounded lip. One round, horizontal loop handle and attachment point for a second opposite. | |
Decoration: | String marks on base. Interior painted red. Black over handle. Red vertical strokes from rim, followed by three, irregular, red stripes. Red stripe on base. | |
Material: | Fine pink clay with few small, round inclusions and few small round voids | |
Munsell Color: | 7.5YR 7/4 (pink) to 5YR 7/4 (pink) | |
Condition: | Complete profile. Complete except for one missing handle. Glaze flaking, especially on interior. | |
Manufacture: | WM | |
Period: | Classical | |
Chronology: | Late 5th c. B.C. or later (Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, p. 212) | |
Area: | Potters' Quarter | |
Context: | NB114 P84 | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory, Deposit 8 (near?). | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 48 (pp. 84 - 85) |