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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | KP 1254 | | Title: | | EARLY PROTOCORINTHIAN KRATER | | Category: | | Pottery | | Category Code: | | KP | | Object Number: | | 1254 | | Description: | | Ovoid body. Shoulder curve not very pronounced. Rim vertical, slighly everted. Rounded lip. Horizontal handle with round cross-section; supported by broad strap handle. | | Decoration: | | Dark brown paint (fired red in places). Exterior: body, closely spaced horizontal bands; shoulder, register with panels of patterns (vertical lines; butterfly; chevrons, horizontal lines, rows of S); rim, S pattern framed by horizontal bands. Handle, probably horizontal bands. Interior: slipped soliid dark color but fired red in places. | | Material: | | clay | | Munsell Color: | | 10 YR 8/3 (very pale brown) | | Condition: | | Fragment. 8 nonjoining frags (some made of multiple sherds). Half of rim, one handle and assorted body sherds preserved | | Dimensions Actual: | | Th. 0.005 | | Dimensions Preserved: | | Fr. 1 (4 pieces): H. 0.053; L. 0.114. Fr. 2 (3 pieces): H. 0.084; 0.065. Fr. 3 (2 pieces): H. 0.053; L. 0.096. Fr. 4: 0.041 (handle). Fr. 5: H. 0.107; L. 0.081. Fr. 6: 0.078 x 0.061. Fr. 7: 0.05 x 0.027. Fr. 8: 0.038 x 0.047. | | Dimensions Restored: | | Projected diam. 0.22 | | Period: | | Protocorinthian (720-630) | | Chronology: | | Early Protocorinthian | | Area: | | Potters' Quarter | | Provenance: | | Corinth | | Findspot Description: | | Potters' Quarter | | Bibliography: | | Stillwell & Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 156, p. 42 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Publication: Stillwell & Benson, Corinth 15:3, 1984
Monument: Potters' Quarter
Image: bw 6284
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