Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1931 81 | |
Title: | ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE KRATER | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1931 | |
Object Number: | 81 | |
Description: | Flaring neck with slight concave profile to outward thickened squared rim with flaring profile, flat on top. | |
Decoration: | On the interior, a red line just inside the mouth. The top of the mouth is reserved, and there is a red line at its outside edge. On the outside of the mouth, key to right between black lines. Black line at the top of the figured zone. A charioteer (upper body pre- served), to right, mounts his chariot. He holds the reins in both hands and his goad in his right hand, and he carries a shield across his back. Alongside the chariot, the round shield (device?) and two spears of a warrior to left. Red: straps on the charioteer's shield; white: chiton of charioteer and shield device on round shield. | |
Material: | Fine reddish yellow clay. | |
Munsell Color: | 5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow) | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving portion of rim and neck. | |
Manufacture: | C18 WM | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.079, W. 0.069 | |
Period: | Archaic (7th-6th c.) | |
Chronology: | 510-500 B.C. | |
Area: | New Museum | |
Context: | NB116 P166 | |
Provenance: | Attica | |
Bibliography: | Brownlee, Hesperia 58.4, 1989, cat. 61. | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Brownlee, Hesperia 58:4, 1989 Monument: New Museum Image: bw 1965 114 26 Basket: NB116 P166 Notebook Page: NB 116, spread 88 (pp. 165 - 166) |