Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1947 309 | |
Title: | ARTICULATED KANTHAROS | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1947 | |
Object Number: | 309 | |
Description: | Articulated kantharos with flaring ring foot. Flat resting surface. Concave underside with nipple in center. Exterior of foot-has convex profile. Biconical body with rounded carination set at approx. two-thirds the height of the body. Lower walls echinoid. Upper walls convex, inclined. Straight lip rounded and rolled outwards. Two vertical strap spur handles with rectangular strap thumbrests attaching just below the lip and mid upper body. | |
Decoration: | Black glaze over all. One or two grooves at carination. One miltos covered scraped groove just under lip interrupted by handles. Sides A & B: incised necklace with miltos in incisions in middle of handle zone, string touches upper scraped groove, ties are zigzags. Two or three pre-fired incisions in middle of handle zone. | |
Material: | fine pale yellow clay with few fine to small black inclusions and rare large black and red inclusions | |
Munsell Color: | 5Y 8/3 pale yellow | |
Condition: | Complete profile. Numerous Joining frgts., preserving all of foot except a large chip, three-fourths of body, three-fourths of lip, all of one handle, and one-fourth of other handle. Surface has black glaze partly worn. Traces of miltos in scraped grooves. RIP. | |
Manufacture: | WM | |
Dimensions Actual: | H. 0.098, diam. of foot 0.047, H. of carination 0.035, max. diam. of body 0.102, diam. of lip 0.088 | |
Weight Description: | 0.153 | |
Weight: | 0.153 | |
Period: | Hellenistic | |
Area: | South Stoa | |
Context: | NB195 P84 | |
Bibliography: | Corinth VII.3 p.478 no.85 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Edwards, Corinth 7:3, 1975 Monument: South Stoa Image: bw 2007 002 13 Image: digital 2005 0487 Image: digital 2005 0488 Basket: NB195 P84 Notebook Page: NB 195, spread 47 (pp. 83 - 84) |