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    PC 17: Protocorinthian kotyle. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Protocorinthian kotyle

Date
670–650 BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P60.067
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Kotyle
Pottery Ware
Corinthian, Protocorinthian
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
PC
Trench
PC
Locus
PC Zone 2, PC Zone 3
B-Grid Coordinates
*89.5
Description

Rim and handle of a fine thin-walled kotyle with vertical rim and tapering lip. Exterior decoration consists of two red bands at the rim. Below are short, vertical lines except where the handle is attached. Beneath this register are horizontal red bands. Red on interior, partly streaky, with a single narrow reserved band below rim. Horizontal loop handle has a red line along its top.

670–650 BC

Dimensions
H. 0.020, Diam. 0.10, Th. 0.002.
Comments
See Also
See also: M10 Cat. Cor 18.
Bibliography
Hanfmann, “Sardis 1960”, p. 21; N. H. Ramage 1994, p. 174, pl. 15.5.3; Sardis M10, Cat. Cor. 18.
Author
NHR