Corinth Object: KP 159
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KP 159
Title:   PLATE, CONVENTIONALIZING STYLE
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KP
Object Number:   159
Description:   Plate with nearly horizontal rim with deep groove inside rounded edge. Bottom flat with no foot.
Decoration:   Conventionalizing style. On rim: elongated spots, alternatively red and blakc, with black line below. Broad red band at junction with floor. On floor: bounded by thin double lines, row of irregular black spots between short red lines, broad red band, thre eblack lines.
Material:   Fine very pale brown clay. No visible fabric.
Munsell Color:   10YR 8/4 (very pale brown)
Condition:   Complete or intact. Two frgts., preserving entire vessel. Slightly worn paint.
Manufacture:   C22 WM.
Weight Description:   0.197
Weight:   0.197
Period:   5th c. B.C.
Chronology:   LC III, according to Callipolitis-Feytmans; 1st half 5th c., according to Risser
Area:   Potters' Quarter
Context:   NB106 P35
Provenance:   Corinth.
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter. Stelai shrine A.
Bibliography:   Callipolitis-Feytmans 1962, BCH 86, p. 162, no. 1; Stillwell & Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 1031; Risser 2001; Corinth VII.5, p.93, no.338
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Potters' Quarter
Image: bw 3562
Basket: NB106 P35
Notebook Page: NB 106bis, spread 22 (pp. 34 - 35)