Corinth Object: KP 691
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KP 691
Title:   CUP
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KP
Object Number:   691
Description:   Cup with false ring foot and raised disk on underside, flaring convex lower wall, concave curve below tapered lip; two strap handles attached at rim and mid-body. Similar to KP 699 from the same deposit.
Decoration:   Wide black band on lower wall, thin red band above, band of red palmettes(?) below lip, three black bands on interior, traces of red on handles.
Material:   Fine, very pale brown clay with frequent small inclusions and few medium voids
Munsell Color:   10YR 8/4 (very pale brown)
Condition:   Missing parts. Eight joining frgts preserving all of vessel except for three small body frgts; some spalling; glaze flaking
Manufacture:   WM
Weight Description:   0.108
Weight:   0.108
Period:   4th c. B.C.
Chronology:   ca. 350-325 B.C. (Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, p. 211)
Area:   Potters' Quarter
Context:   NB108 P197
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter, Terracotta Factory, Court, Deposit 2
Bibliography:   Corinth VII.5, p.130, no.566
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Potters' Quarter
Image: bw 1965 088 29
Notebook Page: NB 108, spread 99 (pp. 196 - 197)