Corinth Object: C 1937 3008
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1937 3008
Title:   CORINTHIAN RED-FIGURE BELL KRATER
Category Code:   C
Year:   1937
Object Number:   3008
Description:   Bell krater with vertical body curving into flaring rim, offset by groove; broad flaring rim with concave profile, with lip inset from rim proper; lip outward thickened, triangular in section.
Decoration:   Red-figure on exterior: near right break, head and shoulder of satyr (?) in profile to rt., head bent slightly. Wears wreath, hair arranged in curling locks over crown and hanging down on neck; bearded, back bare. To rt., right forearm upraised. Added red on reserved portions. On rim, laurel to lt., red on leaves, in groove, and on underside of rim. On interior, black glaze with red stripe at base of rim, 2nd on top of lip.
Mythology:   Satyr (?)
Material:   Fine clay fired pale buff, with rare gray inclusions, tiny voids.
Munsell Color:   Slightly pinker than 10YR 7/4
Condition:   Fragment. Four joining frgts., top of body to rim, nearly 1/4 circumference. Glase worn, chips in rim. Note: fresh breaks, but frgts. not in context box.
Manufacture:   C20
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.070
Dimensions Restored:   D00.31 (rim)
Period:   4th c. B.C.
Chronology:   1st quarter 4th BC (McPhee)
Area:   South Stoa west
Context:   NB170 P114
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: South Stoa west
Basket: NB170 P114
Notebook Page: NB 170, spread 61 (pp. 113 - 114)