| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | CP 2588a | |
| Title: | ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE KOMAST CUP | |
| Category: | Pottery | |
| Category Code: | CP | |
| Object Number: | 2588 | |
| Object Suffix: | a | |
| Related Objects: | CP 2588B | |
| Description: | Two non-joining fragments preserve part of the lip and handle zone of a large komast shape cup. The lip is offset, and there is a groove where it joins the body. | |
| Decoration: | On the interior, the lower body is black, while the lip is decorated with alternating red and black tongues (parts of three are preserved). A reserved band marks the junction of lip and body, separating the tongues and the black. On the exterior, a trace of the reserved lip, and below that, a black line just be- low the groove which separates the lip from the body. In the handle zone, a man and woman to left. The man wears a chiton(?) and has a fillet and two bands in his hair. He holds a spear in his right hand, and his left hand is upraised in greeting. Traces of the hand of another figure or perhaps the point of another spear are preserved at the left edge of the fragment. The woman wears a himation which she holds out in front of her, and her hair is held by a band which appears below her ear. Red: dots on wo- man's garment and on central panel of man's; lateral panels of man's garment. White: female flesh. | |
| Material: | Fine reddish yellow clay. | |
| Munsell Color: | 5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Two non-joining frgts., one broken all around, one broken on three sides, preserving the lip. | |
| Manufacture: | C18 WM | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.0375, W. 0.049. | |
| Period: | Archaic (7th-6th c.) | |
| Chronology: | 570-560 B.C. | |
| Provenance: | Attica | |
| Bibliography: | Brownlee, Hesperia 56.1, 1987, cat. 17. | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Brownlee, Hesperia 56:1, 1987a Image: bw 8177 Image: bw 1965 114 13 |
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