Middle Protocorinthian Linear Kotyle Fragment

Date
Ca. 670-650 BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P96.007
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Kotyle
Pottery Ware
Middle Protocorinthian
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
B-Grid Coordinates
W15 - W16 / S113.5 - S115 *99 - 98.7
Findspot
found in 1963
Description
Probably early in MPC-II. Half of a handle and a small part of the rim. Exterior: two lines, beginning on the root of the handle, merge to form one thin line on the handle proper. On the upper line, the glaze is partially preserved; on the lower, it is lost except at the point of connection. Two horizontal lines appear at the top of the rim and two vertical lines remain in the handle frieze. Remnant of one horizontal line on the body. Interior glazed with a reserved band near the rim. A thin line of glaze within the band. Glaze: black. Clay: hard and fine. Munsell no. 10 YR 7/4 (very pale brown).
Dimensions
P.H. 0.015; P.W. of rim 0.019, of handle 0.036; Th. 0.0025
Comments
Cf. Cor 15.
See Also
Bibliography
Author
JS