• m10-cor-18-10
    Protocorinthian kotyle, 2 joining pieices with handle, profile (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m10-cor-18-20
    Overview of rim sherd with handle. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m10-cor-18-30
    Protocorinthian kotyle, 2 joining pieices with handle (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Middle Protocorinthian Linear Kotyle Fragment

Date
Ca. 670-650 BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P60.067
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Kotyle
Pottery Ware
Middle Protocorinthian
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
PC
Trench
PC
Locus
PC Zone 2, PC Zone 3
B-Grid Coordinates
*89.5
Findspot
A: PC Zone 2 *89.38. B: PC Zone 3 *89.50
Description
Probably MPC-II. Two joining fragments, including the handle and part of the rim and upper body. Exterior: a thick horizontal line appears on the upper part of the handle; two horizontal lines decorate the rim; five horizontal lines remain on the upper body. Ten vertical bars are preserved on the right side of the handle, seven on the left. Several of the bars on the right side run over the root of the handle, but all stay within the frame of the horizontal lines. Interior glazed. Clay: hard and fine.
Dimensions
P.H. 0.020; diam. 0.10; Th. 0.002
Comments
See Also
See also: R8, No. PC 17
Bibliography
Published: BASOR 162 (1961) 21; Ramage, “Pactolus Cliff” 174, pl. 15:5.3. Ramage points out that a local imitation was found nearby: P60.66:2322 and P60.37:2290, ibid., pl. 15:5.4. Cf. Cor 15.
Author
JS