| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | KP 2057 | |
| Title: | MIDDLE CORINTHIAN PLATE | |
| Category: | Pottery | |
| Category Code: | KP | |
| Object Number: | 2057 | |
| Description: | Very low ring foot, shallow flat undersurface. Hole in each fragment, one fully preserved (Diam. 1.3) one preserved in half (diam. 1,2) the holes were probably cut when the clay was still wet | |
| Decoration: | Interior of plate: purple border, band with a motif of animals ( a ram and a panther) with details added in purple; fill is made of spoked rosettes; centre has concentric bands and an incised motive that is not clear (maybe a gorgoneion?) Undersuface: concentric circles, alternating black slip and added purple. Foot is purple. | |
| Material: | clay | |
| Munsell Color: | 10 YR 8/3 (very pale brown) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. 2 mended fragments, part of foot preserved and a third of the body | |
| Dimensions Actual: | Th. 0.01 | |
| Dimensions Restored: | Diam. 0.19 | |
| Period: | Middle Corinthian (595/590-570) | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. Northwest Angle Deposit | |
| Bibliography: | Stillwell & Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 745, p. 146 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Stillwell & Benson, Corinth 15:3, 1984 Image: bw 6328 |
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