| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | C 1947 75 | |
| Title: | ONE-PIECE KANTHAROS | |
| Category Code: | C | |
| Year: | 1947 | |
| Object Number: | 75 | |
| Description: | One piece kantharos with flaring ring foot with groove, trimmed along edge, flat resting surface, flat undersurface, body flares widely to median and contracts in a convex curve to the vertical fine lip. two vertical spur handles attached above median to just below the lip. | |
| One-piece kantharos with flaring ring foot with groove, flat resting surface, convex undersurface. Body has wide flare to median and contracts in a convex curve to the vertical tapered lip. Two vertical spur handles attached above median to just below lip, where there is a small bolster. Similar to P 13372 (Agora XXIX.1 p. 95, no. 162, fig. 12, cf. p. 95 note 56 for further comparanda) | ||
| Decoration: | Dull black glaze inside and out, five incised circumference lines above foot (it's possible that these are not intentional decoration but turning marks), incised circumference line at handle zone, white painted necklace pattern above, incised circumference line below lip. | |
| Dull black glaze inside and out. Three incised horizontal lines at ca. 0.03 from lip and another line immediately below lip define handle zone including necklace with added white pendants. | ||
| Material: | Fine, buff clay | |
| Fine pale yellow to reddish yellow clay | ||
| Munsell Color: | 10YR 8/2 | |
| 2.5Y 8/3 (pale yellow) to 7.5YR 8/6 (reddish yellow) | ||
| Condition: | Complete profile. Mended from many frgts., preserving complete foot, one fifth of body missing, handles intact, decoration on one side, glaze flaking. | |
| Fragment. Several joining frgts., preserving all of foot, four fifths of body, and handles. RIP parts of body. Glaze is well preserved except for one handle, added white fading. | ||
| Manufacture: | WM 23 Glazed | |
| C25 WM | ||
| Dimensions Actual: | H00.117 D00.052 (foot) D00.100 (lip) | |
| H. 0.12 Diam. of foot 0.053, Max Diam. 0.11, Diam. of lip 0.096 | ||
| Weight Description: | 0.170 (RIP) | |
| Weight: | 0.170 | |
| Period: | Hellenistic | |
| 3rd c. B.C. | ||
| Chronology: | 300 (GRE) | |
| 300 B.C. (Corinth VII.3 p. 76), 275-260 B.C. (Agora XXIX.1 p. 259) | ||
| Area: | South Stoa | |
| Context: | NB195 P145 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Bibliography: | Corinth VII.3 N378 | |
| Corinth VII.3 no.378 | ||
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Edwards, Corinth 7:3, 1975 Monument: South Stoa Image: bw 1962 023 22 Basket: NB195 P145 Notebook Page: NB 195, spread 78 (pp. 145 - 146) |
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