| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | C 1968 342 | |
| Title: | PERIRRHANTERION: RIM | |
| Category Code: | C | |
| Year: | 1968 | |
| Object Number: | 342 | |
| Description: | On exterior of rim, double ridge at base, single narrower ridge about midway, and second double ridge at top from which interior of basin slopes down. | |
| Decoration: | Pinkish-buff slip matt on exterior of rim and highly polished on surface of basin. Decoration in black and dark red matt paint. Lower of double ridges paint red-black, upper black-red. Narrow ridge black. Ridges form two narrow zones decorated with sloppy Lesbian leaf pattern; lower zone with red leaves and sloppy black intverted "V"s; upper zone similar but colors reversed. Wide dark band around edge of basin. | |
| Material: | Fine fairly hard micaceous clay with grit; light brown in color. Basin with veneer of finer, darker clay. | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving rim and part of basin. Surface badly worn and chipped. Paint chipped; some of chipped surfaces have paint, suggesting rim repainted in antiquity? | |
| Area: | Sacred Spring | |
| Context: | NB403 B3 P65 | |
| Bibliography: | Hesperia 1987, p. 383, cat. 57 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Sacred Spring |
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