Corinth Object: KV 489
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KV 489
Title:   MINIATURE SPOUTED LOPAS
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KV
Object Number:   489
Description:   Miniature lopas with very low disc foot, squat globular body, straight lip with inward flange and rounded lip; two round loop handles attached at widest point of body and oriented upwards to attach also at rim; small, cylindrical, vertical spout attached at body and rim, small pierced hole.
Decoration:   String marks on base; red wash over all.
Material:   Fine, reddish yellow clay with few fine inclusions and few fine voids
Munsell Color:   7.5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow)
Condition:   Complete or intact. Complete; decorate slip faded and flaking
Manufacture:   WM
Weight Description:   0.008
Weight:   0.008
Period:   4th c. B.C.
Chronology:   Ca. 350-325 B.C. (Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, p. 211)
Area:   Potters' Quarter
Context:   NB114 P10
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter, Terracotta Factory, Court, Deposit 2
Bibliography:   Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 1974
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Potters' Quarter
Image: bw 8079
Image: bw 1966 125 33
Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 10 (pp. 10 - 11)