Corinth Object: CP 2261
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   CP 2261
Title:   ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE KANTHAROS
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   CP
Object Number:   2261
Description:   Three joining fragments from body of kantharos immediately above sharp offset marking beginning of bowl.
Decoration:   On uppermost of three border lines, youth with spear between two draped figures facing away from him; meaningless letters placed vertically alongside spear. White added for alternate folds of garment of right hand figure. Near the Group of Louvre F81.
Material:   Fine reddish yellow clay.
Munsell Color:   5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow)
Condition:   Fragment. Three joining fragments, broken all around.
Manufacture:   C18 WM
Dimensions Preserved:   W. 0.049, H. 0.037
Period:   Archaic (7th-6th c.)
Chronology:   Third quarter of 6th c. B.C.
Provenance:   Attica
Bibliography:   Eliot and Eliot, Hesperia 37.4, 1968, cat. 73.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: bw 1965 114 15