Corinth Object: C 1937 1029
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1937 1029
Title:   ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE CUP
Category Code:   C
Year:   1937
Object Number:   1029
Description:   Disk foot from which the bowl starts without any stem between. The foot is glazed black except for the reserved edge, the resting surface, and the bottom of the body iniside the foot, which is decorated with a black circle and central dot.
Decoration:   In the centre of the bowl is a gorgoneion with the tongue, pupils of the eyes and alternate curls of the hair painted reddish purple.
Mythology:   Gorgon
Material:   Fine reddish yellow clay.
Munsell Color:   5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow)
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving part of floor and foot.
Manufacture:   C18 WM
Period:   5th c. B.C.
Chronology:   ca. 500 B.C.
Area:   Agora south central
Context:   NB163 P79
Provenance:   Attica
Bibliography:   Campbell, Hesperia 7.4, 1938, cat. 10.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Agora south central
Image: bw 4614
Basket: NB163 P79