Corinth Object: C 1963 608
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1963 608
Title:   KRATERISKOS
Category Code:   C
Year:   1963
Object Number:   608
Description:   Krateriskos with convex then concave walls rising into flaring tapered rim. Loop handle attached at rim and against side with gap in between. Similar to a miniature column krater like C37-936 but with thinner rim and handles and KV 401 (Corinth 15.3 p.315 no. 1755 pl. 68).
Decoration:   Black glaze overall. Two concentric purple bands around vessel body.
Material:   Fine reddish yellow clay with few fine sparkling inclusions and rare tabular angular voids
Munsell Color:   Clay: 7.5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow)
Condition:   Fragment. Single piece preserving rim, handle and quarter of body. Chipped. Glazed and peeling.
Manufacture:   WM
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.030
Dimensions Restored:   Diam of rim 0.060
Period:   Archaic (7th-6th c.)
Chronology:   Middle of 6th c. B.C. (based on date of KV 401 from Trench J discussion Corinth 15.3 p.8-9, 315 no.1755)
Area:   Kokkinovrysi
Context:   NB256 B2 P55
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Kokkinovrysi
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Kokkinovrysi
Image: bw 1965 009 04
Image: digital 2019 0198