| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | C 1926 39 | |
| Title: | MOLDED RELIEF BOWL | |
| Category Code: | C | |
| Year: | 1926 | |
| Object Number: | 39 | |
| Description: | Slightly concave resting surface, nippled on interior. Convex wall with slightly flattened bottom. | |
| Decoration: | Medallion zone decorated with overlapping triangular leaves that from an eight pointed star pattern; surrounded by two concentric circles. Corolla of small pointed leaves with dotted boarders, identical to those around the medallion. Wall decorated with mythological figures from the $Judgement of Paris$ series (cf. Courby, fig. 80, no. 10). From left to right: Traces of figure (Hermes?), Athena, Aphrodite and Eros, Hera, traces of lower part of another figure. Above Athena's head is a bit of the fillet that separated the wall decoration from the rim pattern. Across the medallion zone a line shows where the original mould was cracked. Traces of black glaze on exterior. | |
| Mythology: | Judgement of Paris: Athena Aphrodite Eros Hera Hermes? | |
| Material: | Grayish green clay with pits and many small black and white inclusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | 10YR 7/2 | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Three joining frgts., preserving resting surface and about one-fourth of wall. | |
| Manufacture: | MW C26 | |
| Dimensions Actual: | T00.004 (resting surface) T00.03 (wall) | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H00.005 | |
| Period: | Hellenistic | |
| Area: | East of Theater | |
| Context: | NB550 P64 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: East of Theater Basket: NB550 P64 |
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