• m10-cor-105-10
    View of base fragment. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Early Corinthian Kotyle Base Fragment

Date
Ca. 620-590 BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P96.038
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Kotyle
Pottery Ware
Early Corinthian
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
B-Grid Coordinates
W10 - W15 / S100 - S105 *99.6 - 99
Findspot
found in 1961
Description
Probably EC. One-third of the base and part of the foot ring. Exterior: four rays, one fully and three others partially preserved. The bases of the rays are spaced fairly far apart. The foot ring is completely glazed. Under the foot is a wide band of glaze on the slope. Interior glazed. Glaze: fairly shiny. Exterior, dark brown to black; interior, chocolate brown. Clay: fine, hard and smooth. Munsell no. 10 YR 7/4 (very pale brown).
Dimensions
P.H. 0.04; P.W. 0.055; Th. 0.003
Comments
Cf. Cor 106
See Also
Bibliography
Author
JS