Corinth Object: CP 2596
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   CP 2596
Title:   ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE DROOP CUP
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   CP
Object Number:   2596
Description:   A single fragment from the lower body of a cup, probably a Droop cup.
Decoration:   The lower part of the fragment is black. Above that is a reserved area bordered at the bottom by a black line flanked by pairs of lines in dilute glaze. In the reserved zone, part of a figured frieze. There is no incision except for a small arc on the spot of black glaze at the right side of the fragment.
Material:   Fine reddish yellow clay.
Munsell Color:   5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow)
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., broken all around.
Manufacture:   C18 WM
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.037, W. 0.035.
Period:   Archaic (7th-6th c.)
Chronology:   3rd quarter of the 6th c. B.C.
Provenance:   Attica
Bibliography:   Brownlee, Hesperia 58.4, 1989, cat. 137.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Brownlee, Hesperia 58:4, 1989
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