Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | T 811 | |
Title: | ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE SKYPHOS | |
Category: | Miscellaneous | |
Category Code: | T | |
Object Number: | 811 | |
Old Number: | P-0327 | |
Description: | Skyphos with flaring ring foot, rounded resting surface, nippled undersurface, deep flaring body with convex profile, slightly inset and nearly vertical rim, round lip; 2 horizontal canted handles attached to upper body. | |
Decoration: | Glazed over all, fired black to red-brown at rim, except: undersurface, band below handles, handle zone, inside of handles - all reserved; in handle zone on both sides: bearded satyr holding club, chasing maenad to rt., maenad holds thyrsos, head turned back; framing palmettes with single petal, on cream ground: on one side maenad more upright than on other. | |
Mythology: | Satyr Maenad | |
Material: | Fine light red clay. | |
Munsell Color: | Slightly yellower than 5YR 6/6 | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact; cream background partly scraped away; glaze worn on one handle. | |
Manufacture: | C18 Wm | |
Dimensions Actual: | H00.071 D00.054 (foot) D00.094 (rim) | |
Period: | 5th c. B.C. | |
Chronology: | Mid 5th c. B.C. | |
Area: | North Cemetery | |
Context: | NB328 P161 | |
Provenance: | Attica | |
Bibliography: | Corinth XIII P247 N346-5 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Blegen, et al. Corinth 13, 1964 Monument: North Cemetery Image: bw 2001 003 35 Basket: NB328 P161 |