Corinth Object: KV 493
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KV 493
Title:   MINIATURE SPOUTED SAUCER
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KV
Object Number:   493
Description:   Miniature saucer with flat base, flaring convex walls, and outward thickened rim with rounded lip. Rim pinched to form spout.
Decoration:   String marks on base. Wheel marks on interior. Black over all.
Material:   Fine pink clay with few small inclusions and few small voids
Munsell Color:   7.5YR 8/3 (pink)
Condition:   Complete or intact. Complete. Glaze fugitive.
Manufacture:   WM
Period:   Classical
Chronology:   2nd half of the 5th c. B.C. or later (Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, p. 212)
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory, Deposit 9.
Bibliography:   Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, p. 332, cat. KV 493
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece