| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | C 1947 88 | |
| Title: | ARTICULATED KANTHAROS | |
| Category Code: | C | |
| Year: | 1947 | |
| Object Number: | 88 | |
| Description: | Articulated kantharos with flaring ring foot. Resting surface bevelled to interior. Underside deeply concave with nipple in center. Exterior of foot has profile wheel grooved in two degrees. Biconical body with angular carination set at approx. two-thirds of height of the body. Lower walls echinoid. Upper walls slightly convex, inclined. Lip rounded and slightly rolled out, outturned. Two vertical spur strap handles with rectangular strap thumbrests attaching just below lip and at mid upper body. | |
| Decoration: | Black glaze over all. Incised line at bottom of handle zone and incised line just below lip both interrupted by handles. Sides A & B: three horizontal incised lines in middle of handle zone. | |
| Material: | Fine pale yellow clay with rare medium black inclusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | 5Y 8/3 pale yellow | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Four joining frgts., preserving all of foot, all of body except for some chips, and both handles. Surface has black glaze mostly worn on exterior and slightly worn on interior. Fingerprints visible on thumbrests. | |
| Manufacture: | WM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H. 0.104, diam. of foot 0.048, H. of carination 0.033, max. diam. of body 0.098, diam. of lip 0.088 | |
| Weight Description: | 0.186 | |
| Weight: | 0.186 | |
| Period: | Hellenistic | |
| Area: | South Stoa east | |
| Context: | NB195 P63 | |
| Bibliography: | Corinth VII.3 p.85 no.473 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Edwards, Corinth 7:3, 1975 Monument: South Stoa east Images (7) Basket: NB195 P63 Notebook Page: NB 195, spread 37 (pp. 63 - 64) |
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