Middle Protocorinthian Linear Kotyle Fragment
- Date
- Ca. 670-650 BC, Lydian
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- P64.153
- Material
- Ceramic
- Object Type
- Pottery
- Pottery Shape
- Kotyle
- Pottery Ware
- Middle Protocorinthian
- Pottery Attribution
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- HoB
- Trench
- HoB
- B-Grid Coordinates
- W24 - W25 / S115 - S119 *98.70 - 98.20
- Description
Probably MPC-II. A handle with a small part of the surrounding rim and upper body. Exterior: a single, thick horizontal line of glaze on the handle extends across the first vertical bar of the frieze area. Two horizontal lines decorate the rim. Portions of six vertical bars, with hooks at the bottom, are preserved in the handle frieze. The bars stay within the framing horizontal lines. Eighteen horizontal lines remain on the body. Interior: a single reserved line near the top of the rim; otherwise glazed. Glaze: exterior, dark brown to black; interior, dark brown and fairly evenly applied. Clay: hard and fine. Yellowish in hue. Munsell no. 10 YR 7/4 (very pale brown).
Found in nearly the same area and on a similar level as fragments from other linear kotylai. See Cor 17, Cor 19
- Dimensions
- P.H. 0.040; P.W. 0.064; Th. 0.0025
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- JS