Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | CP 3277 | |
Title: | ATTIC RED-FIGURE SKYPHOS (TYPE A) | |
Category: | Pottery | |
Category Code: | CP | |
Object Number: | 3277 | |
Description: | Skyphos with upper body contracting slightly to base of outturned round lip. | |
Decoration: | Lustrous black glaze with metallic sheen inside and out. In red-figure on exterior: head to waist of youth, standing in profile to rt. Wrapped in himation, leaving lt. shoulder bare. Behind, part of spiral tendril from palmette floral under handle. To rt., section of a discus (?). | |
Material: | Fine reddish-tan clay, fracture rough. | |
Munsell Color: | Slightly redder or browner than 5YR 6/6 | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., upper body to rim. | |
Manufacture: | C20 | |
Dimensions Actual: | T00.003 (bottom) | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H00.038 W00.045 | |
Dimensions Restored: | D00.12 (lip) | |
Period: | 4th c. B.C. | |
Chronology: | ca. 390-70 B.C. (McPhee) | |
Area: | Shear Excavations | |
Context: | Shear Excavations, From box of miscellaneous sherds. Exact provenance | |
Provenance: | Attica | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Shear Excavations Basket: Shear Excavations, From box of miscellaneous sherds. Exact provenance |