Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1936 2482 | |
Title: | MIDDLE CORINTHIAN KRATER | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1936 | |
Object Number: | 2482 | |
Old Number: | C-1936-1142E (lapsed) | |
Description: | Column krater with convex shoulder, turning in horizontally to base of vertical neck. | |
Decoration: | On body, part of a mounted hoplite wit helmet and shield and carrying two spears, to lt. Crest rendered by double incised lines, row of alternating V's at base of crest. Shield blazon: whirligig, surrounded by glazed band containing incised rhomboi. To left of spears another glaze line with incised wavy line. Behind hoplite bird flying to lt. Above, glaze band; neck black. Interior glazed reddish-brown. | |
Writing: | Black-figure | |
Material: | Fine pinkish-tan clay with at least one large white inclusion, a few small voids. | |
Munsell Color: | 5YR 6/8 | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving shoulder and neck, broken all edges. | |
Manufacture: | WM | |
Dimensions Actual: | T00.007 | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H00.080 W00.082 | |
Period: | Middle Corinthian (595/590-570) | |
Area: | Forum south | |
Context: | NB160 P67 | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Forum south Basket: NB160 P67 Notebook Page: NB 160, spread 40 (pp. 66 - 67) |