Corinth Object: C 1973 99
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1973 99
Title:   CORINTHIAN RED-FIGURE SKYPHOS
Category Code:   C
Year:   1973
Object Number:   99
Related Objects:   Possibly from same vessel as C 1965-521
Description:   Body sherd showing slightly outturned rim.
Decoration:   Black glaze inside, red-figure decoration outside. Some peeling.
Preserved the head of a woman facing left. Her hair appears to be blowing to the right. Her garment has a shallow scoop neck, and the folds are indicated by many small vertical lines. There is a possible belt at the very bottom of the preserved sherd. Breasts are indicated by two outward thrusting groups of tiny lines, in the same way that the vertical folds are indicated. Above the figure there is a horizontal band of red; above that an obolo pattern.
Material:   Corinthian buff clay
Condition:   Fragment. Single sherd, rim preserved, broken on all other sides.
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.072, L 0.052, TH 0.006
Area:   Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore
Context:   NB587 B50 P65, LOT 1973 100
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore. Cut 9:73. One basket under surface. No association with any architecture.
Bibliography:   Pemberton 1989, Corinth 18.1, cat. 301
Site:   Acrocorinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Pemberton, Corinth 18:1, 1989
Monument: Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore