Corinth Object: CP 111
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   CP 111
Title:   LATE HELLADIC IIIC KYLIX
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   CP
Object Number:   111
Description:   Kylix. Virtually flat foot with deep hemispherical sinking under stem. Tall stem tapering from top to bottom. Shallow conical bowl with slightly inverted lipless rim. Two vertical strap handle from rim to above mid-bowl. FS 275.
Decoration:   Exterior slipped and polished. Slip on one side is badly worn. Foot and lower part of stem solidily painted. Six bands on stem. Solidly painted lower bowl with thin line above it. Wide reserved area. Band at rim. Handle are painted solid with a reserved triangle at the top. Interior is monochrome.
Material:   Fine hard pink buff clay with some fine grit
Munsell Color:   Surface 10 YR 8/4 (very pale brown), Core 5 YR 7/6 (reddish yellow), Paint 2.5 YR 5/8 (red) to black
Condition:   Complete profile. 22 joining fragments preserve 95% of foot, 95% of body, 99% of rim, both handles
Manufacture:   WM
Dimensions Actual:   Diam of rim 0.176, Diam of base 0.07, H. 0.188-0.196
Period:   Late Helladic IIIB
Chronology:   based on Rutter's identification of it as FS 275, and redating of Furumark's LH IIIC1:late
Area:   Korakou
Context:   NB81 B84 P237
Findspot Description:   "House P NE Room" in pencil on bottom; "House P" in Corinth Pottery Inventory I (CWB)
Bibliography:   Blegen 1921, p. 66, fig. 94 no. 3;Furumark 1941A 275.8; Rutter 1974, p. 202, no. 51
Site:   Korakou
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Blegen, Korakou; a prehistoric settlement ... 1921
Publication: Furumark, The Chronology of Mycenaean Po... 1941
Publication: Rutter, The late Helladic IIIB and IIIC ... 1974
Monument: Korakou
Images (6)
Basket: NB81 B84 P237