Corinth Object: KV 517
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KV 517
Title:   MINIATURE PHIALE
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KV
Object Number:   517
Description:   Miniature phiale with very low disc foot with flat underside, echinoid walls, and slightly incurved lip with rounded edge. Low boss at center of interior.
Decoration:   String marks on bottom. Black line on exterior, red line on top of lip, and one black line below lip on interior. Black line on boss, boss surrounded by thick red line and very thin black line.
Material:   Fine, very pale brown clay with rare small inclusions and no visible voids
Munsell Color:   10YR 8/3 (very pale brown)
Condition:   Complete or intact. Complete, slip flaking slightly
Manufacture:   WM
Period:   Classical
Chronology:   Late 5th c. B.C. or slightly 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.
Bibliography:   Stillwell and Benson, Corinth 15.3, p. 336, cat. 2026
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Potters' Quarter
Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 48 (pp. 84 - 85)