Middle Protocorinthian Kotyle

Date
Ca. 670-650 BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P68.041
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Kotyle
Pottery Ware
Middle Protocorinthian
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
PN
Trench
PN
B-Grid Coordinates
W267 - W270 / S343 - S345 ca *86.45 - 86.34
Description
Probably MPC-II. Nearly half of the foot and a small part of the body. Exterior: the bases of two rays are placed close together. At the juncture of the foot and body is a thin reserved line followed by a line of glaze. A reserved band appears on the upper slope of the foot; a band of glaze on the bottom continues over the edge of the foot. On the underside of the foot are several compass-drawn incised lines on the slope of the foot, as well as a line of glaze marking the juncture of the foot and the convex area of the body. Glaze: orange-red, but mostly vanished. Clay: fine and somewhat powdery. Yellow-orange in hue. Munsell no. between 10 YR 7/4 (very pale brown) and 7.5 YR 7/4 (pink).
Dimensions
P.H. 0.015; diam. of foot 0.033; Th. of wall 0.003
Comments
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Author
JS