Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1937 1029 | |
Title: | ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE CUP | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1937 | |
Object Number: | 1029 | |
Description: | Disk foot from which the bowl starts without any stem between. The foot is glazed black except for the reserved edge, the resting surface, and the bottom of the body iniside the foot, which is decorated with a black circle and central dot. | |
Decoration: | In the centre of the bowl is a gorgoneion with the tongue, pupils of the eyes and alternate curls of the hair painted reddish purple. | |
Mythology: | Gorgon | |
Material: | Fine reddish yellow clay. | |
Munsell Color: | 5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow) | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving part of floor and foot. | |
Manufacture: | C18 WM | |
Period: | 5th c. B.C. | |
Chronology: | ca. 500 B.C. | |
Area: | Agora south central | |
Context: | NB163 P79 | |
Provenance: | Attica | |
Bibliography: | Campbell, Hesperia 7.4, 1938, cat. 10. | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Agora south central Image: bw 4614 Basket: NB163 P79 |