Three non-joining fragments: P 22490 of rim and start of wall; P 30996 of rim; P 13366 of wall and cul with stub of handle. Reserved line at top of rim on inside. Max. dim. P 13366: 0.105, P 22490: 0.083, P 30996: 0.09. S. Roberts, Hesperia 55, 1986, p. 32, no. 68, fig. 22, pl. 9 (P 30996).

P 22490 gives part of the frieze of upright encircled palmettes in black glaze below the torus rim and two letters of an inscription on the wall:

and P 30996 (not illustrated) preserves more of the palmette frieze. P 13366 shows the right leg from the knee down and a bit of the left leg of a man or youth to right, probably a youth, given his size in relation to the fragment. At the top of the cul, dot band; at handle, a few fronds of an encircled black palmette, probably part of a frieze. Relief contour. White: inscription.

Encircled palmettes in black glaze on both the rim below the torus and on the cul of 252 do not seem to have a parallel on either black-figured or red-figured calyx-kraters. For black glazed palmettes on the rims of red-figured calyx-kraters, see the following: two by the Kleophrades Painter decorated early in his career: Louvre G 48 + New York, M.M.A. 1978.429.1:a--v: there one-half of the rim has horizontal black-glazed palmettes, the other half, upright palmettes in reserve (ARV2 185, 33; Paralip. 340, 33; Addenda 187) and Tarquinia RC 4196, up-and-down palmettes (ARV2 185, 35; Paralip. 340, 35; Addenda 187); two by the Eucharides Painter, both drawn horizontally and also early in his career: Louvre G 47 (ARV2 227, 11; Addenda 199) and Louvre G 163 (ARV2 227, 12; Paralip. 347, 12; Addenda 199). 252 is closest to Louvre G 48. Black palmettes do not seem occur elsewhere on the culs of red-figured calyx-kraters, but they are known from two black-figured examples, both related to the Antimenes Painter: Syracuse, where a single palmette at each handle frames the figured composition (ABV 281, 18) and Louvre F 316 (ABV 281, 19). For the net pattern on the cul, though not reduced to a dot band as on 252, see Copenhagen, N.M. inv. 13365 by the Kleophrades Painter (ARV2 185,32; Paralip. 340, 32; Addenda 187) and Louvre G 47 by the Eucharides Painter; also Louvre CA 5950 (above, sub 249).