Corinth Object: CP 3277
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