Corinth Object: C 2003 36a
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 2003 36a
Title:   WEST SLOPE WARE COLUMN KRATER
Category Code:   C
Year:   2003
Object Number:   36
Object Suffix:   a
Related Objects:   C 2003 036B C 2003 036C
Description:   Column krater with ovoid body, wide cylindrical neck, outturned rim with overhanging lip in two degrees: upper degree narrow fillet, lower degree convex, groove between two degrees and on upper degree; narrow rectangular handle plate attached to lip and supported by two vertical handles round in section.
Decoration:   Black glazed over all on exterior; deep grooves above median of body and at base of handles frame incised garland with vertical zig zag ribbons, garland and grooves filled with miltos; multiple incised S-curve lines on neck. On interior, upper half of neck black glazed, rest of neck and body red glazed.
Material:   Pink clay with rare medium angular platy white inclusions and small angular spherical black inclusions.
Munsell Color:   7.5YR 7/4
Condition:   Fragment. Ten joining frgts., 1/8 body, 1/4 neck, 1/8 lip, one handle. Glaze peeling off.
Manufacture:   C25 WM
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.143 L00.170
Dimensions Restored:   Diam. of rim 0.23
Weight Description:   00.170
Weight:   00.170
Period:   Hellenistic
Chronology:   Late Hellenistic because of red glazed interior (?).
Area:   Panaghia south
Context:   NB959 B53 P133
    NB959 B52 P130
    NB959 B52 P130, LOT 2003 082
    LOT 2003 083
    LOT 2003 082
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Panaghia south
Image: bw 2003 024 31a
Image: digital 2004 0322
Image: digital 2004 0323
Basket: NB959 B52 P130
Basket: NB959 B53 P133