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| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | CP 2758 | |
| Title: | LATE HELLADIC IIIC KRATER | |
| Category: | Pottery | |
| Category Code: | CP | |
| Object Number: | 2758 | |
| Description: | Krater with ring base, max diamter at mid body below zone, flattened and almost squared rim. | |
| Decoration: | Wet-smoothed and slightly lustrous surface; paint is generally dull black. Monochrome interior. Deep band at rim out, 2 bands framing thin band below narrow zoone, band on lower body, band at base. In zone, on smaller fragment, leg and lower body of bird; on larger fragment, part of flower flanked on the right by rear of a bird's (or fish's) body including triangular tail, triangular hatched wing, and solid body. The paint in the zone of the larger fragment has to a large extent disappeared and finer details of the decoration are unsure, but the general scheme is clear. | |
| Material: | fine clay | |
| Munsell Color: | Fracture: 5 YR 7/3 (pink); near surface: 10 YR 7/4 (very pale brown); surface: 10 YR 7.5/4 (very pale brown); paint: black to 2.5 YR 4/6 (red) | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. 2 non-joining fragments, one with full profile except for handle ( = 12 sherds), one from lower body ( = 5 sherds). Ca. 50% of base, 20% of body, and 5% of rim preserved | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H: 0.227 | |
| Dimensions Restored: | D (rim): 0.25; D (max): 0.275; D (base): 0.108 | |
| Period: | Late Helladic IIIC | |
| Area: | Korakou | |
| Context: | NB81 B79 P235 | |
| NB81 B84 P237 | ||
| Site: | Korakou | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Korakou Basket: NB81 B79 P235 Basket: NB81 B84 P237 |
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