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    Corinthian Transitional Kotyle Base Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Corinthian Transitional Kotyle Base Fragment

Date
Ca. 630-590 BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P62.489
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Kotyle
Pottery Ware
Corinthian Transitional
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian II - W20-25/S95-100 *98.4 Floor-*97.8
B-Grid Coordinates
W20 - W25 / S95 - S100 to *97.3
Description
Late in TR or early in EC. A complete foot. Exterior: the bases of four rays, placed far apart, spring from a thin line of glaze at the juncture of the body and foot. A reserved line on the upper part of the foot ring is followed by a thicker line of glaze below. The resting surface of the foot is reserved; there is a band of glaze on the slope. The convex area is reserved except for a single circle of glaze at the center. Interior glazed. Glaze: black and glossy on the exterior, dark brown on the interior. Evenly applied on the exterior; uneven on the interior. Clay: hard, smooth, and fine with a shiny exterior. Munsell no. 10 YR 7/3 (very pale brown).
Dimensions
P.H. 0.015; diam. 0.03; Th. 0.002
Comments
Cf. Cor 78.
See Also
See also: R8, No. HoB 472
Bibliography
Author
JS