Corinth Object: KP 666
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KP 666
Title:   LEKYTHOS
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KP
Object Number:   666
Description:   Angular lekythos with high, flaring foot with angled undersurface leading to flat disk, globular body with two carinations, lower carination smooth, upper carination sharp, narrow neck with wide, flat molding at base, attachment for one vertical handle.
Decoration:   Black band at edge of foot, two thin bands immediately below lower carination, row of dots within two lines bounded by two bands at upper carination.
Material:   Fine very pale brown clay with few fine subrounded white inclusions and few fine voids.
Munsell Color:   10 YR 8/4 (very pale brown)
Condition:   Missing parts. Single frgt., preserving base and body, missing neck, rim, and handle; chips missing from base; glaze faded and flaking.
Manufacture:   WM
Weight Description:   0.062
Weight:   0.062
Period:   Classical
Area:   Potters' Quarter
Context:   NB114 P67
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter, Terracotta Factory, Northeast Room
Bibliography:   Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 1207
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Potters' Quarter
Image: bw 1965 081 08