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    Overview of rim fragment. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Corinthian Transitional Linear Kotyle Fragment

Date
Ca. 630-615 BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P96.018
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Kotyle
Pottery Ware
Corinthian Transitional
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
B-Grid Coordinates
E0 - E5 / S100 - S105 *101 - 100.5
Findspot
found in 1963
Description

Probably TR. Rim fragment. Exterior: two parallel lines appear near the top of the rim. In the handle frieze, vertical bars (eleven remain) flank a series of dabs (three remain). Eight parallel lines are preserved on the upper body. Interior: a single line of glaze in the reserved area of the rim; otherwise glazed. Glaze: dark brown and worn in the handle frieze; reddish brown on the body. Clay: hard and fine. Munsell no. 10 YR 8/4 (very pale brown).

The change in the color of the glaze from handle zone to body has been done for decorative effect. On this, see Perachora II, 51, no. 337; 53, no. 383; pl. 19; supra “Kotylai with Linear Decoration,” 17.

Another fragment found in the same area at HoB shows a similar distinction in color between the handle frieze and the body (uninv. HoB 4/vii/62 found at E 0-5.00/S 95.00-100.00 *99.60-*99.20). This fragment also shows a distinction in clay color between the rim (Munsell no. 10 YR 8/4 [very pale brown]) and the body (no. 7.5 YR 8/4 [pink]). The effect was probably achieved by the manner in which the vessels were stacked in the kiln.

Dimensions
P.H. 0.025; P.W. 0.031; Th. 0.003.
Comments
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Author
JS