Corinth Object: LOT 1975 240:1
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   LOT 1975 240:1
Title:   CONVENTIONALIZING PHIALE
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   LOT
Year:   1975
Object Number:   240
Description:   Rounded depression at center of underside surrounded by low, narrow ring foot; two shallow grooves at junction of foot and body; low, rounded body offset from rim by groove, then flat, projecting ridge; flat-topped, inward-thickened, inward-sloping rim; groove then ridge around rounded omphalos.
Decoration:   Underside of omphalos black, with central reserved circle. Red, black lines in grooves, then red, black lines, wide reserved band, red line below interior of rim, then black line, red band, black line, black band, black line, red band at center of floor continuing to top of ridge, junction of ridge and omphalos black, three black rings on omphalos.
Munsell Color:   10YR 8/3
Condition:   Complete profile. Two joining fragments give full profile.
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.0175
Dimensions Restored:   D. 0.068
Period:   5th c. B.C.
Chronology:   Context suggests a date no later than ca. 475
Bibliography:   Corinth VII.5, p.79, no.263
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece