Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | KV 259 | |
Title: | MINIATURE KOTYLE | |
Category: | Pottery | |
Category Code: | KV | |
Object Number: | 259 | |
Description: | Miniature kotyle with low false ring foot with disc at center, deep and flaring convex walls, and tapered lip. Two round loop handles set horizontally just below lip. Similar to KV 1336 from the same deposit, but slightly larger. | |
Decoration: | Black over interior, misfired red in some places. Black over handles. Black zigzag below lip on exterior. Two thick red stripes separated by thin black lines. Red stripe on underside. | |
Material: | Fine pale brown clay with rare small inclusions and rare fine voids | |
Munsell Color: | 2.5Y 8/2 (pale brown) | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Complete. Glaze poorly preserved. | |
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 P85 | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory, Deposit 8. | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 48 (pp. 84 - 85) |