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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | T 1456 | | Title: | | LEKANIS | | Category: | | Miscellaneous | | Category Code: | | T | | Object Number: | | 1456 | | Description: | | Flaring ring foot; straight, flaring body rises to become vertical in zone of horizontal reflex strap handles; low vertical flange inset from rim. Lid flares out slightly at bottom, then turns inward and rises slightly concavely to conical knob; central depression in top of knob, with small raised central boss at bottom. | | Decoration: | | Lekanis: underside reserved. Exterior of foot purple, wide purple band below handle zone, black crosshatching in handle zone continues to top of rim. Wide black band at midwall on interior. Wide black ring and central dot on floor. Lid: narrow reserved band at bottom of lid, black band, black line, purple band, three black lines, black linked lotus-palmette chain with purple Type 1 palmettes drawn as stepped triangles, black line, line, band. Junction with knob reserved. Side of knob black. On top of knob, black line, black dots, purple band continuing down to near the bottom of the central depression. Center reserved. | | Munsell Color: | | 7.5YR 8/2 to 8/4 | | Condition: | | Complete or intact. Intact. | | Dimensions Actual: | | H. with lid 0.104; D. of foot 0.060; D.Max. 0.130 | | Period: | | Archaic (7th-6th c.) | | Chronology: | | Last quarter of the 6th century, probably late 6th century. | | Bibliography: | | Corinth VII.5, p.85, no.299 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece |
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