Corinth Object: C 1947 211
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1947 211
Title:   ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE LEKYTHOS
Category Code:   C
Year:   1947
Object Number:   211
Decoration:   a: Woman to right, her left(?) arm bent at elbow. Vine branch in field. Red: broad stripe on drapery. White: female flesh, dot at neck. c: Hanging drapery and vine branch. On shoulder, part of lotus-bud chain. Red: stripe on drapery. White: dots on drapery. f: Neck, mane, and part of head of lion(?) to left. At right edge, incised line which may be part of Herakles' hand on lion's throat. Leaves from vine branch also preserved at right edge. White: lion's(?) muzzle. g: Female foot to right, overlapping black area, perhaps ground line or part of another figure. Below, broad band of black and reserved area, lower edge of which is not preserved. Red: line at top edge of black band on lower body. White: female flesh.
Material:   Fine reddish yellow clay.
Munsell Color:   5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow)
Condition:   Fragment. Four non-joining frgts., preserving part of shoulder and body.
Manufacture:   C18 WM
Period:   5th c. B.C.
Chronology:   early 5th c. B.C.
Area:   Southeast Building
Context:   NB191 P81
Provenance:   Attica
Bibliography:   Brownlee, Hesperia 64.3, 1995, cat. 182.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Brownlee, Hesperia 64:3, 1995
Monument: Southeast Building
Basket: NB191 P81
Notebook Page: NB 191, spread 46 (pp. 81 - 82)