Inventory Number: | AP 2621 | |
Title: | Krater Fragment: Patterned | |
Category: | Pottery | |
Description: | Fragment of a krater. Buff clay; red glaze decoration. Cf. Belongs with AP 2622, 2623 and 2624. ADDENDA 2018: Twenty four sherds mended into four non-joining sections of a large krater with rounded rim with flattened lip. No other features are preserved. The exterior decoration consists of a painted lip and a medium band below the rim. There is Lefkandi banding running below the handle zone. In the handle zone the decoration is panelled, consisting of a wide central triglyph with isolated semicircle fill. There are traces compatible with tricurved arch flanking the central triglyph. The interior is undecorated other than a painted lip to the rim. The paint is thick and fairly evenly applied, but has been fired unevenly from red to brown to black. There are minor traces of use-wear on the interior of the rim, consisting of shallow vertical scratches. There are no traces of burning. ADDENDA : Two fragments added, b and c. Furumark Shape: 281; Furumark Motif 1: 75; Furumark Motif 2: 43; Furumark Motif 3: 62 | |
Context: | Oscar Broneer, Nb. No. 5. Aglaurion. II(1), VI(1), VII(2), VIII(1), IX(1), X(3), XI(1), XII(10), UK(4) XIIA (frag. b) and XB (frag. c). | |
Notebook Page: | 75, 76, 77, 78 | |
Dimensions: | Max. Dim. 0.20 H. 0.172; Diam. (rim) 0.320 (23%) | |
Chronology: | LH IIIC Early | |
Date: | 2-5, 9, 14 May 1938 | |
Elevation: | 16-18m. | |
Bibliography: | Gauss (2000), p. 174, n. 77. | |
Hesperia 8 (1939), p. 359, fig. 35,a. | ||
References: | Publication: Hesperia 8 (1939) Card: AP 2621 |