Corinth Object: CP 126
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   CP 126
Title:   LATE HELLADIC IIIC KRATER
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   CP
Object Number:   126
Related Objects:   CP 0126A, CP 0126B
Description:   Krater. Flat base slightly concave. Convex body to square outward thickened rim. Very thick walls. FS 282
Decoration:   Exterior slipped and polished with painted bands. Two bands at base, two bands between base and mid-body, three bands above shoulder. Decorative zone below rim has panels (FM 75) with vertical zigzag and hatched zigzag fill and reserved isolated semi-circles (FM 43) with outlined, solidly painted circles as fill. Interior is monochrome.
Material:   semi coarse gritty clay
Munsell Color:   Surface 7.5 YR 7/6 (reddish yellow), Core 7.5 YR 7/4 (pink) to 7.5 YR 7/6 (reddish yellow), Paint 2.5 YR 5.7 (red)
Condition:   Fragment. 19 joining fragments and 2 joining fragments preserve ca. 40% of base, 1/4 of body, 1/8 of rim, no handles
Manufacture:   WM
Dimensions Actual:   Diam of base 0.18
Dimensions Restored:   Diam of rim .41, H. 0.362
Period:   Late Helladic IIIB
Chronology:   date based on presence of decoration - pictorial style
Area:   Korakou
Context:   NB81 B84 P237
    NB81 B79 P235
Findspot Description:   "SE section NE chamber House P" in pencil on base of larger fragment; "P" in Corinth Pottery Inventory I (CWB)
Bibliography:   Rutter 1974, p. 191 no. 44
Site:   Korakou
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Rutter, The late Helladic IIIB and IIIC ... 1974
Monument: Korakou
Image: bw 2004 022 21
Image: bw 2004 024 10
Basket: NB81 B79 P235
Basket: NB81 B84 P237