Corinth Object: C 1997 35
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1997 35
Title:   CORINTHIAN (?) RED-FIGURE BELL KRATER
Category Code:   C
Year:   1997
Object Number:   35
Description:   Bell krater with slightly flaring profile in so far as preserved.
Decoration:   At left, torso of draped female facing 3/4 rt. with left arm bent at side, holding possible torch. Wears clinging garment with circular lines outlining breasts. Two long painted black stripes descend from above breasts down to at least hips, fillets ? Two white bracelets circle lt. wrist. Torch consists of two tied sticks, tilted slightly to rt.; to rt. is a vertical staff or scepter (?), consisting of a single shaft with 2 white bands.
Attributes:   Torch ?
Material:   Fine clay fired pale pinkish buff.
Munsell Color:   7.5YR 7/4
Condition:   Fragment. Single body frgt., broken all around. Glaze well preserved.
Manufacture:   C20 WM
Dimensions Actual:   T00.005
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.049
Period:   4th c. B.C.
Chronology:   4th c. B.C. Context 1st half 6th c. A.C.
Area:   Panayia Bath
Context:   NB891 B48 P68
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Panaghia Bath
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Panayia Bath
Image: bw 1997 023 20
Basket: NB891 B48 P68
Notebook Page: NB 891, spread 39 (p. 69)