| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | C 1961 22 | |
| Title: | RED-FIGURE WITH PAINTED INSCRIPTION | |
| Category Code: | C | |
| Year: | 1961 | |
| Object Number: | 22 | |
| Description: | Probably part of a large Type A skyphos, with a subtly everted rim and slight thinning on the interior to a tapering lip. For comparanda, see C-47-85 (Corinth VII.4, p. 74, no. 188Q, pl. 30) and Agora vol. 30, pp. 302, 304, nos. 1271, 1290, pls. 120-121. | |
| Decoration: | Black glaze on lower exterior, top of rim, and interior; on exterior rim, red figure egg pattern between two parallel lines around the vessel's circumference (two full eggs fit on this sherd). | |
| Writing: | dipinto. Letters painted before firing below rim, Greek: | |
| Material: | Very fine light reddish brown clay with no clearly visible inclusions | |
| Munsell Color: | 5YR 6/4 (light reddish brown) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Small section of rim, the interior side of which is chipped off in a large horizontal swath around the lip; a few flakes on exterior surface | |
| Manufacture: | C20 WM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | Th. 0.009 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.031, W. 0.028 | |
| Weight Description: | 0.007 | |
| Weight: | 0.007 | |
| Period: | Classical | |
| Chronology: | Late 5th to early 4th century B.C. | |
| Area: | Forum | |
| Context: | NB229 B6 P75, LOT 0631 | |
| Provenance: | Attica | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Forum Basket: NB229 B6 P75 Notebook Page: NB 229, spread 42 (pp. 74 - 75) |
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