Corinth Object: KP 1243
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KP 1243
Title:   LATE GEOMETRIC KRATER
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KP
Object Number:   1243
Description:   Ovoid body with everted rim with roughly squared lip
Decoration:   Exterior, slipped dark brown with reserved bands at the point where rim joins shoulder and at lip; added white decoration below shoulder, two horizontal lines frame 4 panels of 4 reverse sigmas; on lip, 6 short lines perpendicular to lip; interior solid black glaze
Material:   clay
Munsell Color:   2.5 Y 8/2 (pale yellow)
Condition:   Fragment. Mended from 5 joining fragments; part of shoulder and rim preserved
Dimensions Actual:   Th. 0.004
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.047; L.0.137
Dimensions Restored:   Projected diam. 0.200
Period:   Late Geometric (750-720)
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter, Northwest Angle Deposit
Bibliography:   Stillwell & Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 60, p. 27
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Stillwell & Benson, Corinth 15:3, 1984
Image: bw 7977
Image: bw 1965 071 02