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| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | CP 272 | |
| Title: | MATT-PAINTED VAPHEIO CUP | |
| Category: | Pottery | |
| Category Code: | CP | |
| Object Number: | 272 | |
| Description: | Vapheio shaped cup. Flat base almost cylindrical body for bottom 1/3, upper 2/3 conical to vertical lip. Buck shape A 13 | |
| Decoration: | Exterior is slipped and matt painted. Decoration is in panel arrangement. Two parallel horizontal bands at base, on one side of cup two parallel vertical lines cross bands at base and on the other side a vertical "feather" pattern, composed of three groups of three short oblique lines, create two panels. One panel has a large undecorated space on lower body above which are three bands, a running quirk and a zigzag line at rim. The other side preserves a band at the base and possibly a zigzag at rim. Paint is generally faded. Interior is slipped and the rim is painted. | |
| Material: | Fine clay | |
| Munsell Color: | Surface: 10 YR 8/4 (very pale brown) Core: 10 YR 8/3 (very pale brown), Paint 7.5 YR 4/1 (dark grey) | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. 4 sherds preserve 1/3 of base, 1/3 of body, 1/2 of rim, no handles | |
| Manufacture: | WM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H. 0.055 | |
| Dimensions Restored: | Diam of rim 0.09, Diam of base 0.046 | |
| Area: | Korakou | |
| Context: | NB84 B94 P65 | |
| Findspot Description: | "K IV" written on interior of vessel, but Day's Inventory Notebook (?) says K II | |
| Site: | Korakou | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Korakou Image: bw 2004 020 08 Image: digital 2015 2535 Basket: NB84 B94 P65 |
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