Corinth Object: CP 275
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   CP 275
Title:   LATE HELLADIC IIIC KYLIX
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   CP
Object Number:   275
Description:   Kylix. Thin conical hollowed foot with a deep hole in center of base from a pointed instrument. Tall stem tapers slightly from top to bottom. Shallow conical bowl with vertical lip. Two vertical strap handles from rim to upper body. FS 275
Decoration:   Exterior is painted, maybe slipped, very worn. Foot is painted solid, stem has eight bands around it, lower body painted solid, a pair of bands below handles, one band at rim. Interior is painted.
Material:   Fine clay
Munsell Color:   Surface: 7.5 YR 8/6 (reddish yellow) Core: 7.5 YR 7/6 (reddish yellow), Paint 10 R 5/8 (red) to 2.5 YR 5/8 (red)
Condition:   Complete or intact. 11 joining fragments preserve all of vessel except for 1/4 of rim, 1 body sherd
Manufacture:   WM
Dimensions Actual:   H. 0.140-0.145; Diam of rim 0.122, Diam. of base 0.053
Period:   Late Helladic IIIB
Chronology:   Rutter 1974, p. 349 dates to "early in LH IIIC" but MDP has FS 275 in LH IIIC middle
Area:   Korakou
Context:   NB84 B50 P38
    NB84 B56 P46
Findspot Description:   "Shore House Cylix 2" in pencil on base; ="cylix (diam .122) from Shore House" in Corinth Pottery Inventory I (CWB), p. 53 no. 63
Bibliography:   Blegen 1921, p. 71, fig. 102 no. 1; Furumark 1941A FS 275:12; Rutter 1974, p. 334 no. 11
Site:   Korakou
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Blegen, Korakou; a prehistoric settlement ... 1921
Publication: Furumark, The Chronology of Mycenaean Po... 1941
Publication: Rutter, The late Helladic IIIB and IIIC ... 1974
Monument: Korakou
Images (5)
Basket: NB84 B50 P38
Basket: NB84 B56 P46