Corinth Object: KP 1242
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KP 1242
Title:   EARLY PROTOCORINTHIAN KRATER
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KP
Object Number:   1242
Description:   Ovoid body with everted rim and squared lip
Decoration:   Exterior, dark brown slip: solid slip on body, line at attachment of rim and shoulder; reverse S pattern on rim bordered by two horizontal bands. On lip, unevenly spaced groups of 6 lines perpendicular to lip. Interior, solid glaze (fired red to dark brown)
Material:   clay
Munsell Color:   2.5 Y 8/3 (pale yellow)
Condition:   Fragment. 1 fragment krater, includes part of shoulder and rim
Dimensions Actual:   Th. 0.004
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.096; L. 0.11
Dimensions Restored:   Projected diam. C. 0.240
Period:   Protocorinthian (720-630)
Chronology:   Early Protocorinthian
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter, Northwest Angle Deposit
Bibliography:   Stillwell & Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 158, p. 43
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Stillwell & Benson, Corinth 15:3, 1984
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