| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | C 2006 6 | |
| Title: | EARLY GEOMETRIC SKYPHOS | |
| Category Code: | C | |
| Year: | 2006 | |
| Object Number: | 6 | |
| Description: | Skyphos with low flaring ring foot, slightly convex undersurface, round resting surface, ovoid body, flaring rim with rounded lip, canted loop handles. Similar to W 15 (Corinth VII.1, p. 14, no. 42, pl. 7) and C 1930 87 (Corinth VII.1, p. 19, no. 68, pl. 11). | |
| Decoration: | Black glazed over all interior and exterior. Resting surface and undersurface of foot reserved, reserved band around exterior rim and interior rim. Underside of handles reserved, reserved band on body immediately underneath handles. Similar to W 15 (Corinth VII.1, p. 14, no. 42, pl. 7) and C 1930 87 (Corinth VII.1, p. 19, no. 68, pl. 11). | |
| Material: | Fine reddish yellow clay with rare medium black and red rounded, rare medium angular white inclusions and rare medium angular voids. | |
| Munsell Color: | 7.5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow ) | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Six joining fragments preserve the entire vessel except for small chips missing from body. Glaze is well preserved on exterior and interior, crackled and warn off on half of one handle. | |
| Manufacture: | WM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H. 0.070, Diam. of foot 0.060, Diam. max. 0.13, Diam. of rim 0.125, Th. 0.005 | |
| Weight Description: | 0.240 | |
| Weight: | 0.240 | |
| Period: | Early Geometric (900/875-850/825) | |
| Chronology: | Late Protogeometric- Early Geometric for W 15, Early Geometric for C 1930 87. | |
| Area: | Panaghia west | |
| Context: | NB979 B53 P93 | |
| NB979 B54 P97, LOT 2006 019 | ||
| LOT 2006 019 | ||
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Findspot Description: | South of sarcophagus behind vertical stone slab within cave-like niche of GR 2006 - 4. Found with oinochoai C 2006 7, C 2006 8, on east side of cutting. One fragment of vessel was found in B 53. | |
| Bibliography: | Sanders et al., Hesperia 83:1, 2014 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Sanders et al., Hesperia 83:1, 2014 Monument: Panaghia west Image: bw 2006 019 35 Image: digital 2013 0953 Image: digital 2013 0954 Basket: NB979 B53 P93 Basket: NB979 B54 P97 Notebook Page: NB 979, spread 57 (pp. 97 - 98) |
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