Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1947 236 | |
Title: | MOLDMADE FIGURAL BOWL | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1947 | |
Object Number: | 236 | |
Description: | Slightly outturned rim. | |
Decoration: | Idyllic scene in relief. On the wall, a nike driving a biga, birds flying left; two raised bands, volutes. Traces of black glaze. A similar stamp for the nike driving a biga can be found in Corinth and in Argos, see I.B. Romano, "A Hellenistic Deposit from Corinth," Hesp 63, 1994, p. 64. | |
Mythology: | Nike | |
Material: | Fine white clay with rare medium black inclusions | |
Munsell Color: | 10 YR 8/1 (white) | |
Condition: | Fragment. Ten frgts mended into two sections preserving half of rim. | |
Manufacture: | MM | |
Dimensions Restored: | Diam. Of rim: 0.190 | |
Period: | Hellenistic | |
Area: | South Stoa | |
Context: | South Stoa | |
Provenance: | Corinthian | |
Findspot Description: | South Stoa, Well X and XI | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: South Stoa Basket: South Stoa Notebook Page: NB 195, spread 23 (pp. 35 - 36) |