Corinth Object: C 2006 35
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 2006 35
Title:   MEGARIAN BOWL WITH APOLLO KITHAROIDOS AND ATHENA
Category Code:   C
Year:   2006
Object Number:   35
Description:   Megarian bowl with hemispherical body.
Decoration:   Molded relief decoration of two figures atop a horizontal band. To the lt, a nude Apollo in profile, facing rt, seated on a rock, holding a kithara, as C-62-189 and CP 1927. To the rt, a draped, standing Athena in profile, facing rt, lt hand holds shield through handle, rt hand on rim of shield, as C-64-335 and C-26-24-B. Black glaze over all exterior and interior.
Mythology:   Apollo Kitharoidos and Athena
Attributes:   Kithara, shield
Material:   Fine pink clay, rare medium rounded spherical red and black, rare fine sparkling inclusions, angular spherical voids.
Munsell Color:   Clay: 7.5YR 8/3 (Pink), Glaze: 7.5YR 3/1 (Very dark gray)
Condition:   Fragment. Three joining fragments, preserving small part of body, glaze worn on exterior and interior, several small chips/pits in surface. Apollo missing rt shoulder and back half of head, Athena missing head and rt foot.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Actual:   Th. 0.004
Dimensions Preserved:   L. 0.068, W. 0.052
Weight Description:   0.020
Weight:   0.020
Period:   Hellenistic
Chronology:   3rd-2nd c. B.C.
Area:   Panaghia north
Context:   NB982 B65 P114, LOT 2006 040
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Panaghia north
Image: bw 2007 019 10
Basket: NB982 B65 P114