Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | CP 286 | |
Title: | LATE HELLADIC IIIB1 KRATER | |
Category: | Pottery | |
Category Code: | CP | |
Object Number: | 286 | |
Description: | Krater. Deep ovoid body with max. diameter below decorative zone. Squared outward thickened rim. Two horizontal round handles attached 1/3 of way down body. FS 281 | |
Decoration: | Exterior slipped, polished and painted. Four parallel bands at mid-body below decorative zone. Main zone has three continuous rows of Tricurved Archs (FM 62) with fill of papyrus variant (FM 11) between each arch and between tops of arches at top of zone. Rim and part of upper body painted. Interior slipped, polished and painted. Two bands on lower body, one band at rim. | |
Material: | Fine clay | |
Munsell Color: | Surface 10 YR 7.5/4 (very pale brown), Paint 2.5 YR 5/8 (red) to black | |
Condition: | Fragment. forty-five fragments preserve part of body, 1/2 rim, two handle attachments | |
Manufacture: | WM | |
Dimensions Actual: | max. diam. 0.334 | |
Dimensions Preserved: | max. p. H. 0.255 | |
Dimensions Restored: | Diam of rim 0.315, H. 0.29 | |
Period: | Late Helladic IIIA | |
Chronology: | based on Rutter and MDP | |
Area: | Korakou | |
Context: | NB83 B3 P4 | |
Findspot Description: | Rutter notes that it is described in Day's inventory as "built in LH III hearth west of House F", cf. Korakou, p. 63 | |
Bibliography: | Blegen 1921, p. 60, fig. 84; Rutter 1974, p. 395, no. 1;MDP fig. 142, n. 1 | |
Site: | Korakou | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Blegen, Korakou; a prehistoric settlement ... 1921 Publication: Rutter, The late Helladic IIIB and IIIC ... 1974 Monument: Korakou Image: bw 1396 Basket: NB83 B3 P4 |