| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | C 1947 77 | |
| Title: | CALYX KANTHAROS | |
| Category Code: | C | |
| Year: | 1947 | |
| Object Number: | 77 | |
| Description: | Calyx kantharos with stem offset from body by ring. Body with compound profile, bottom flares convex to nearly conical with nearly horizontal shoulder joining to upper part, which is set off by single raised ring at shoulder. Upper body has slightly concave flare to an outwardly flanged rim and tapered vertical lip. Two double recurved handles set horizontally at shoulder swinging up vertically to rim but not touching it. Similar to P 5719, P 739 (Agora XXIX.1, p. 250, no. 85, pl. 9, p. 251, no. 89, pl. 9) | |
| Decoration: | Lower wall regularly reeded between the handles with a few irregular strokes of reeding beneath each handle. Traces of black glaze on interior. Exterior polished? | |
| Material: | Fine yellow clay | |
| Munsell Color: | Between 10YR 7/6 (yellow) and 2.5Y 8/6 (yellow) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Several joining frgts., preserving most of body, neck, and rim. Two non-joining fragments of one handle. RIP ring around stem, portions of rim, neck, and one complete handle. | |
| Manufacture: | C23 HW | |
| Dimensions Actual: | Diam. at rim 0.088 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. to top of rim 0.132, H. to top of handle 0.156 | |
| Dimensions Restored: | Diam. at shoulder 0.099 | |
| Weight Description: | 0.240 (RIP) | |
| Weight: | 0.240 | |
| Period: | 3rd c. B.C. | |
| Chronology: | First half of 3rd c. B.C. (Corinth VII.3 p. 74), 275-260 BC (Agora XXIX.1 pp. 250-51) | |
| Area: | South Stoa | |
| Context: | NB195 P145 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Bibliography: | Corinth 7.3, cat.367, p. 74 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Edwards, Corinth 7:3, 1975 Monument: South Stoa Image: bw 1962 089 04 Image: bw 1966 070 23 Image: bw 2007 005 17 Basket: NB195 P145 Notebook Page: NB 195, spread 78 (pp. 145 - 146) |
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