Corinth Object: KP 2075
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KP 2075
Title:   EARLY PROTOCORINTHIAN KRATER
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KP
Object Number:   2075
Description:   Round shoulder with rim inset slightly set at sharp angle from shoulder. Lip with rounded inner edge and tapered upper edge
Decoration:   Slip fugitive (faint ghosts of what was probably dark brown paint). Exterior: below, probably horizontal bands; handle zone, register with panels: vertical lines; zigzag between two horizontal rows of sigmas; vertical sigmas. Handles with 2 bands with a pattern of squiggly lines between. Rim painted solid dark color (lip reserved?). Interior probably slipped but fugitive.
Material:   clay
Munsell Color:   2.5 Y 8/2 (pale yellow)
Condition:   Fragment. 2 nonjoining frags mended from multiple pieces. Preserves c. 1/2 rim, upper body, including 1 handle
Dimensions Actual:   Th. 0.005
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.038
Dimensions Restored:   Diam. 0.16-7
Period:   Protocorinthian (720-630)
Chronology:   Early Protocorinthian
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter.
Bibliography:   Stillwell & Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 154, p. 42
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Stillwell & Benson, Corinth 15:3, 1984
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