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) |