Corinth Object: KP 1250
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KP 1250
Title:   LATE GEOMETRIC KRATER
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KP
Object Number:   1250
Description:   Ovoid, slender body. Everted rim with squared lip.
Decoration:   Dark brown slip. Exterior: on the body part of a meander with two nested angles in outline filled with diagonal parallel lines. On the shoulder 5 horizontal lines; rim solid brown with reserved band at lip. Upper surface of the lip has been painted. Interior: Rim is slipped red, except a small reserved band at the lip.
Material:   clay
Munsell Color:   10 YR 8/3 (very pale brown)
Condition:   Fragment. Fragment, preserving small part of rim, shoulder and body.
Dimensions Actual:   Th. 0.006
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.084; W 0.035
Period:   Late Geometric (750-720)
Chronology:   Late geometric
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter Northwest Angle Deposit
Bibliography:   Stillwell & Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 56, p. 26
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Stillwell & Benson, Corinth 15:3, 1984
Image: bw 1965 071 26