Corinth Object: Z 45
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   Z 45
Title:   KYLIX
Category:   Miscellaneous
Category Code:   Z
Object Number:   45
Description:   One of many from the Potter's house, room 12. All are practically uniform in shape: the kylix has a large foot, flat underneath, but with a deep circular hollow at its center; and a high slender stem increasing in diameter as it rises; the body of the vessel first spreads out widely, then curves sharply upward to a neat rim. The rim is sometimes rounded off toward the exterior, sometimes has a short sort of delicate flange on the outside. There are always two half-round vertical loop handles.
Decoration:   red glaze
Material:   buff clay; red glaze
Condition:   Complete or intact. RIP
Weight Description:   0.390 (without plaster)
Weight:   0.390
Period:   Late Helladic III
Findspot Description:   Room 12, Potter's Shop, Zygouries
Bibliography:   Zygouries pg 143-147; pl XVI.2
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Blegen, Zygouries: a prehistoric settlement ... 1928
Image: bw 2008 068 29