Corinth Object: C 1931 81
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)