Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1933 42 | |
Title: | CALYX KANTHAROS | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1933 | |
Object Number: | 42 | |
Description: | Kantharos with high ring foot in two degrees, flat resting surface. Short concave stem, body in two degrees offset from stem. Deeper lower section ovoid, upper vertical with concave profile to high vertical rim, undercut at bottom, with sharply indented face, vertical lip. Two horizontal handles round in section attached to max. body diam., canted upwards. | |
Decoration: | Fairly shiny black glaze on exterior and interior and inside bottom of foot. Reeding on upper half of lower body between handles on both sides. Single vertical wavy groove between handle roots on either side. | |
Material: | Fine, hard-fired, grayish-buff clay. | |
Munsell Color: | 10YR 7.5/3-7/3 | |
Condition: | Complete profile. One piece. Missing section of foot, both handles. Rim chipped. | |
Manufacture: | WM 23 Plain Glazed | |
Dimensions Actual: | H00.143 D00.054 (foot) D00.103 (lip) D00.095 (body) T00.0-3 (neck) | |
Period: | 3rd c. B.C. | |
Chronology: | First half (GRE) | |
Area: | Peirene | |
Context: | Peirene, Peirene West (Tunnel West of F ?) | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Bibliography: | Edwards 1975, Corinth 7.3, cat. 375 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Edwards, Corinth 7:3, 1975 Monument: Peirene Image: bw 1966 069 18 Image: digital 2007 0823 Basket: Peirene, Peirene West (Tunnel West of F ?) |