Corinth Object: C 1968 342 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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