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    Overview of fragments. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Corinthian Transitional Linear Kotyle Fragments

Date
Ca. 630-615 BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P63.376
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Kotyle
Pottery Ware
Corinthian Transitional
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
B-Grid Coordinates
W2 - W4 / S103 - S105 *99.4 - 99.2
Findspot
intrusive
Description

Two fragments, one from the foot ring and the other from the wall. Exterior: on the body is a series of thirteen horizontal lines unevenly spaced and placed close together. The lower portions of five (originally six) rays spring from a single thin line just above the joining of the foot. The rays are executed carelessly and their bases placed far apart. Another line of glaze appears on the edge of the foot. The bottom of the foot is reserved, while the slant of the foot ring is glazed. On the convex reserved area in the center are four incised circles followed by two thin circles of glaze. The throwing of the vase is excellent, but the glaze is applied carelessly. Interior glazed. Glaze: exterior, reddish orange; interior, orange turning to brownish orange near the top of the wall fragment. Clay: hard and smooth. Pink in hue. Munsell no. 7.5 YR 7/4 (pink).

The carelessness of the decoration and the distance between the bases of the rays suggest a date in TR.

Dimensions
Wall: P.H. 0.027; P.W. 0.021; Th. 0.002. Foot: H. 0.016; diam. 0.04; Th. of wall 0.002
Comments
Cf. for the rays, Cor 55, base.
See Also
Bibliography
Author
JS