Corinth Object: C 1998 29A
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1998 29A
Title:   PROTOCORINTHIAN ? POLYCHROME KRATER
Category Code:   C
Year:   1998
Object Number:   29
Object Suffix:   A
Related Objects:   C-1998-029B
Description:   Large krater with slight convex curve to body as preserved
Decoration:   Interior glazed red, figural decoration on exterior: belly and hind-quarters of hooved quadruped to right above three horizontal bands. Lower band and most of figure in red paint; upper two bands, part of hoof, and stripes on body, along front of right leg and back of left leg in brown paint. Trace of red paint along right preserved edge in front of advanced lt. hoof. Incision on belly, along front top of right leg and where right leg meets belly.
Material:   Fine very pale brown clay at core, light red to reddish yellow just below surfaces, very pale yellow brown at surface with 1 large (00.004) white and one fine dark inclusion and rare other small dark and red inclusions
Munsell Color:   Surface: near 10YR 8/5 Core: 10YR 8/3-10YR 8/4 Below surface: near 5YR 6/6
Condition:   Fragment. Originally one body frgts. Additional join, giving two in all. Worn and scratched surface, chipped edges
Manufacture:   C18 WM
Dimensions Actual:   T00.007-008
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.090 W00.060
Weight Description:   00.055 kg.
Weight:   00.055
Period:   Protocorinthian (720-630)
Chronology:   7th c. B.C., 19th c. to present context
Area:   Panaghia south
Context:   NB909 B2 P17
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Panaghia south
Image: bw 1999 024 30
Basket: NB909 B2 P17