Corinth Object: CP 2588b
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   CP 2588b
Title:   ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE KOMAST CUP
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   CP
Object Number:   2588
Object Suffix:   b
Related Objects:   CP 2588A
Description:   See CP 2588A
Decoration:   On the interior, the lower body is black, and the lip is decorated with alternating black and red tongues. A reserved band marks the junction of the black lower body and the tongues. Parts of six tongues are preserved, with white dots between the tongues. On the exterior, on the lip, there is a black line below the edge and a net pattern. Black line below the junction of lip and handle zone. In the handle zone, part of the handle stump and some of the glaze from the handle are preserved. At the lower edge of the fragment, a spot of glaze which may be part of the handle-zone decoration.
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.
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.033, W. 0.051.
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
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