| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | KP 2699 | |
| Title: | KANTHAROS | |
| Category: | Pottery | |
| Category Code: | KP | |
| Object Number: | 2699 | |
| Description: | Kantharos with relatively high lower body and shorter upper body. Similar in some ways to Boiotian kantharoi. Lower body rounded, upper concave. Low ring foot. Two concentric grooves on bottom. 2 band vert. handles attached to shoulder, presumably also to rim. | |
| Decoration: | Black and applied white paint. Neck alternating birds with raised wings and tails, r., and vert. branches in applied white, probably three birds on either side. | |
| Material: | Fine very pale brown clay. No visible inclusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | 10YR 8/4 (very pale brown) | |
| Condition: | Missing parts. 7 frgts., preserving base, body, shoulder, part of neck. Handles are not preserved. Chipped and worn paint. | |
| Manufacture: | WM. | |
| Weight Description: | .052 | |
| Weight: | .052 | |
| Period: | Classical | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. Circular stele shrine. | |
| Bibliography: | Stillwell & Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 1089 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Image: bw 6448 |
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