Corinth Object: C 1947 222
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1947 222
Title:   ARTICULATED KANTHAROS
Category Code:   C
Year:   1947
Object Number:   222
Description:   Articulated kantharos with biconical body. Angular carination set at approx. two-thirds the height of the body. Lower walls convex. Upper walls slightly convex, inclined. Lip straight, tapered. Two vertical strap spur handles with rotelle attaching just below lip and at mid upper body.
Decoration:   Black glaze over all. Miltos covered scraped groove just below lip.
Material:   Fine light gray clay with few fine to small black inclusions and rare large red, black, and red platy inclusions.
Munsell Color:   5Y 7/2 light gray
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving part of body, one-fifth of lip, and one handle. Surface has black glaze almost completely worn. Traces of differential firing.
Manufacture:   WM
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.064
Dimensions Restored:   diam. of lip 0.100
Weight Description:   0.020
Weight:   0.020
Period:   Hellenistic
Area:   South Stoa
Context:   NB195 P60
Bibliography:   Corinth VII.3 p.86 no.497
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Edwards, Corinth 7:3, 1975
Monument: South Stoa
Image: bw 2007 003 28a
Image: digital 2005 0474
Basket: NB195 P60
Notebook Page: NB 195, spread 35 (pp. 59 - 60)