| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | C 1978 170a | |
| Title: | ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE KRATER | |
| Category Code: | C | |
| Year: | 1978 | |
| Object Number: | 170 | |
| Object Suffix: | a | |
| Related Objects: | C-78-170B, C-78-170C, C-78-170D | |
| Description: | Fragments from body of large open vessel, probably krater, with flaring convex profile. Interior glazed. Exterior decorated in black-figure technique. | |
| Decoration: | Siren to r., partially preserved, broken neck, wings and legs. Hair hangs below neck in 4 narrow rays. Large rounded breast, parallel horizontal wing feathers. Top of thin legs. Hair, breast and wings incised. Purple paint over glaze on body. Unidentifiable figure with glaze and purple at right break. | |
| Material: | Semi-coarse clay with a few white inclusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | Fired light red to red near interior, 2.5yr 5/6-6/6, reddish yellow near exterior 5yr 6/6-7/6. Black glaze and reddish brown paint, 2.5yr 4/4-5/5. | |
| Condition: | Fragment. 4 non-joining fragments, A: five joining fragments, broken all around; B-D: single body sherds. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | Th. 0.008 m. | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | M.P.H. 0.072, M.P.W. 0.112 | |
| Area: | Temple Hill | |
| Context: | NB652 B4 P85 | |
| Bibliography: | Brownlee, Hesperia 56.1, 1987, p. 78. | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Brownlee, Hesperia 56:1, 1987a Monument: Temple Hill Image: bw 1978 062 15 Image: bw 1982 030 25a Basket: NB652 B4 P85 |
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