Corinth Object: CP 2589
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   CP 2589
Title:   ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE KOMAST CUP
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   CP
Object Number:   2589
Description:   A single fragment preserving part of the body and lip of a Komast cup with a rounded shoulder and offset rim with straight profile.
Decoration:   On the interior, a reserved line just below the edge of the lip, which is black. On the exterior, on the lip, a single rosette is preserved. There is a black line where the lip joins the body, and below that there is the spiral end of a tendril from the floral ornament at the handle. Striations and traces of a handle stump are preserved at the left edge of the fragment. Red: center of rosette
Material:   Fine reddish yellow clay.
Munsell Color:   5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow)
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving lip.
Manufacture:   C18 WM
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.025, W. 0.04
Period:   Archaic (7th-6th c.)
Chronology:   580-565 B.C.
Area:   Forum north central
Context:   NB31 P31
Provenance:   Attica
Bibliography:   Brownlee, Hesperia 56.1, 1987, cat. 15.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Brownlee, Hesperia 56:1, 1987a
Monument: Forum north central
Image: bw 8177
Basket: NB31 P31
Notebook Page: NB 31, spread 21 (pp. 30 - 31)