| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | CP 865 | |
| Title: | EARLY GEOMETRIC SKYPHOS | |
| Category: | Pottery | |
| Category Code: | CP | |
| Object Number: | 865 | |
| Description: | Skyphos with low ring foot, wide flaring body with convex upper profile, low flaring offset rim. Two horizontal handles, round in section, set at maximum diam, tilted. De Vries: Middle Geometric I. | |
| Decoration: | Foot and lower half body glazed, upper half reserved. Two horizontal reserved lines setting off handle panel. Panel bordered either side by groups of 5 vertical lines, 2 oblique; panel, 3 zigzag lines, short vertical bars from apices of outer zigzags to top and bottom of panel. Two reserved lines on rim, 1 inside rim. Handles: 2 horizontal lines with short bars between. | |
| Material: | Reddish buff clay with slight impurities, light to dark reddish brown glaze. | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Mended from many fragments, missing part of body, l. handle. RIP. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H. 0.067, Diam. max. 0.131 | |
| Period: | Middle Geometric (825-750) | |
| Chronology: | Geometric Deposit 14 | |
| Bibliography: | Coldstream, GGP, pl. 17d; AJA 1905, pl. XII, A-4; Corinth VII.i, p. 17, n. 61. pl. 10 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Weinberg, Corinth 7:1, 1943 Image: bw 5191 Notebook Page: NB 6, spread 15 (pp. 22 - 23) Notebook Page: NB 7, spread 14 (p. 21) Notebook Page: NB 8, spread 18 (p. 29) |
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