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Accession_Number 26.2.91
Shape Krater
Shape_description Body sherd of Corinthian red-ground, black-figured, pottery open vessel, probably a krater;
Material Terracotta
Fabric Corinthian
Fabric_description Clay pinkish-buff
Munsell_color
Decoration pale red slip; interior glazed black; exterior: black-figure decoration consisting of winged creature, possibly a bird or siren with outspread wings (breast with added red and right wing remaining) to right; incised dotted rosette with red as filling ornament.
Inscriptions
Condition
Technique/Style painted, incised, slipped;
Provenance Naukratis or Tell Dafana (made in Corinth)
Period Late Corinthian
Date 575BC-550BC
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2003.20.0074.jpg		Top view of a fragment from a krater, showing the breast and wing of wiren or bird visible.

2005.02.0398.jpg		Oblique view of a fragment from a krater, showing the breast and wing of wiren or bird visible.

2005.02.0399.jpg		Oblique view of a fragment from a krater, showing the black interior.

2013.04.0213.jpg		Top view of a fragment from a krater, showing the breast and wing of wiren or bird visible.

2013.04.0214.jpg		Top view of a fragment from a krater, showing the black interior.
Comparanda
Bibliography CVA Reading 1,p.39, pl. 23, no. 28; Villing et al 2013-2015 (ORC) GB.062 Phase 1;
Archive_Ref reference 1
reference 2
Beazley_DB
Height 7.00;
Diameters
Handle_height
Other_dims. W:11.30;T:0.70;
Location 1.1.3
Edited_by Karen; Adel;Jayne
Date_edited 20.04.2004;2019;05.03.22
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