Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1947 424 | |
Title: | ARTICULATED KANTHAROS | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1947 | |
Object Number: | 424 | |
Description: | Articulated kantharos with flaring ring foot. Bevelled resting surface. Concave underside with nipple in center. Exterior of foot has profile wheel grooved in two degrees. Biconical body with carination set at approx. one-fourth the height of the body. Lower walls straight. Upper walls inclined and convex. Tapered lip inturned. Two vertical strap spur handles with rectangular strap thumbrests attaching just below lip and at mid upper body. | |
Decoration: | Black glaze over all. One scraped groove in lower part of handle zone and one scraped groove at top of handle zone both interrupted by handles. Side A: graffito. Side B: neckalce with scraped groove string. | |
Writing: | graffito. Greek, side A 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: | 2.5Y 8/3 pale yellow | |
Condition: | Complete profile. Several joining frgts., preserving all of foot except for several chips, half of body, half of lip, and one handle. RIP. Surface has black glaze partly worn. | |
Manufacture: | WM | |
Dimensions Actual: | diam. of foot 0.051, H. of carination 0.028, max. diam. of body 0.101, diam. of lip 0.83 | |
Dimensions Restored: | H. 0.093 | |
Weight Description: | 0.106 | |
Weight: | 0.106 | |
Period: | Hellenistic | |
Area: | South Stoa | |
Context: | NB195 P152 | |
Bibliography: | Corinth VII.3 p.85 no.476 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Edwards, Corinth 7:3, 1975 Monument: South Stoa Images (4) Basket: NB195 P152 Notebook Page: NB 195, spread 81 (pp. 151 - 152) |