Corinth Object: CP 274
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   CP 274
Title:   LATE HELLADIC IIIC KYLIX
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   CP
Object Number:   274
Description:   Kylix. Shallowly hollowed foot added to flat base stem, tall stem faintly ribbed tapering from top to bottom, shallow conical bowl with vertical lip. Lower attachments for two vertical strap handles at midbody, presumably upper attachments near or at rim. FS 275
Decoration:   Exterior slipped, polished and painted. Foot, stem and lower body below handles painted solid. One band at rim. Interior painted.
Material:   Fine clay
Munsell Color:   Surface: 10 YR 8/4 (very pale brown) Core: 5 YR 7/6 (reddish yellow), Paint: 2.5 YR 4.5/8 (red) to black
Condition:   Complete profile. 14 joining fragments preserve 3/4 of base, all of stem, 3/4 of body, 1/4 of rim, stub of both handles
Manufacture:   WM
Dimensions Actual:   H. 0.148-0.153, Diam of base 0.063
Dimensions Restored:   Diam of rim 0.148
Period:   Late Helladic IIIB
Chronology:   Rutter 1974, p. 349 dates to "early in LH IIIC" but MDP has FS 275 in LH IIIC middle
Area:   Korakou
Context:   NB84 B50 P38
    NB84 B56 P46
Findspot Description:   no findspot recorded on vessel; ="cylix diameter .145 from Shore House" in Corinth Pottery Inventory I (CWB), p. 54 no. 62
Bibliography:   Blegen 1921, p. 66, fig. 95 no. 1; Furumark 1941A FS 275:10; Rutter 1974, p. 334 no. 10
Site:   Korakou
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Blegen, Korakou; a prehistoric settlement ... 1921
Publication: Furumark, The Chronology of Mycenaean Po... 1941
Publication: Rutter, The late Helladic IIIB and IIIC ... 1974
Monument: Korakou
Images (5)
Basket: NB84 B50 P38
Basket: NB84 B56 P46