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| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | CP 2757 | |
| Title: | LATE HELLADIC IIIC KYLIX | |
| Category: | Pottery | |
| Category Code: | CP | |
| Object Number: | 2757 | |
| Description: | Kylix. The large foot is slightly hollowed underneath and has a shallow hemispherical sinking under the stem. The edge of the foot is squared. The stem is tall and has a slight central bulge. The preserved portion of the bowl shows that it was conical and fairly deep. | |
| Decoration: | Wet-smoothed and slightly lustrous surface. The interior is monochrome, expcet that at the center a small circle of paint has been entirely worn away. At the base of the bowl is a thin band, and below at the top of the stem are two broader bands, from the lower of which springs a spiralling band which has encircled the stem 5 times by the time it runs into the broad band at the base of the stem. There are 4 thin bands on the foot. In the zone is part of a spiral with rough zigzag between the two outer convolutions and 2 thin lines between the neighboring pair of convolutions. | |
| Material: | Fine clay with some very small pieces of fine grit, most of which have burnt out leaving small holes in the surface. | |
| Munsell Color: | Fracture: 10 YR 8/4 (very pale brown) Surface: 10 YR 8/4 (very pale brown) Paint (interior): 10 YR 4/2 (dark grayish brown) Paint (exterior): 10 YR 5/3 (brown) to 7.5 YR 6/8 (reddish yellow) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single large fragment, ca. 80% of foot, all of stem, ca 10% of bowl, and none of rim or handles preserved | |
| Period: | Late Helladic IIIC | |
| Area: | Korakou | |
| Context: | NB81 B84 P237 | |
| NB81 B79 P235 | ||
| Site: | Korakou | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Korakou Image: digital 2015 2676 Image: digital 2015 2677 Basket: NB81 B79 P235 Basket: NB81 B84 P237 |
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