• m10-cor-73-10
    Two body fragments. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Corinthian Transitional Glazed Kotyle Fragments

Date
Ca. 630-590 BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P96.029
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Kotyle
Pottery Ware
Corinthian Transitional
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
B-Grid Coordinates
W8 - W12 / S90 - S95 *99.60 - 98.80
Findspot
A (wall fragment): P.H. 0.041; P.W. 0.051; Th. 0.004. B (foot fragment): P.H. 0.026; P.W. 0.026; Th. 0.004.A: HoB W 8.00--12.00/S 90.00--95.00 *99.60--*98.80, S face of EW wall; found in 1961. B: HoB E 0--5.00/S 90.00--95.00 *99.70--*99.20; found in 1961.
Description

Late in TR or early in EC. Two separate fragments, from the lower body to the foot. Exterior: a wide band of black glaze at the top of the wall fragment has thin lines of added purple and white. A reserved line followed by a wide band of glaze appears above the short thick rays. Their bases, which are placed far apart, spring from the join of the foot. A thick glazed line decorates the slant of the foot. Well executed. Interior glazed. Glaze: black and glossy, but worn. Clay: hard, with a pitted surface. Munsell no. 10 YR 8/3 (very pale brown).

The two pieces were found separated from one another, but clearly belong to the same vessel, probably a kotyle.

Dimensions
A (wall fragment):P.H.0.041;P.W.0.051;Th. 0.004. B (foot fragment):P.H. 0.026; P.W. 0.026; Th. 0.00
Comments
Cf. Weinberg, “PC Geometric” 40, for the use of polychrome decoration on kotylai; also Cor 125 for an MC example with polychrome lines.
See Also
Bibliography
Author
JS