Corinth Object: CP 537
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   CP 537
Title:   ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE BODY
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   CP
Object Number:   537
Related Objects:   May be from same vase as C 1978 170.
Description:   Column krater with echinoid body.
Decoration:   A panther to right and a bird (siren?) to right, whose wing alone is preserved. There are parts of two rosettes in the field. Red: neck of panther and wing covert of bird. Near Sophilos.
Material:   Fine light reddish brown clay.
Munsell Color:   5YR 6/4 (light reddish brown)
Condition:   Fragment. Single body fragment broken all around, glaze flaking on exterior, well preserved on interior.
Manufacture:   Black Figure
Dimensions Actual:   Th. 0.0067-0.0075.
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.069, W. 0.129.
Period:   Archaic (7th-6th c.)
Chronology:   About 580-570 B.C. Date based on parallels.
Provenance:   Attica
Bibliography:   Brownlee, Hesperia 56.1, 1987, cat. 5
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Brownlee, Hesperia 56:1, 1987a