cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/51.1.3
| Accession_Number | 51.1.3 | ||||||||||||
| Shape | Column krater | ||||||||||||
| Shape_description | Thick, wide rim with flat top, broad neck. Two rounded handles curve upwards from the top of the body to the neck, from the middle of which they continue in a broad, vertical strap handle to the rim. The body tapers into the narrower bottom and thick, wide base. | ||||||||||||
| Material | Terracotta | ||||||||||||
| Fabric | Laconian | ||||||||||||
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| Munsell_color | 7.5YR 6/3 | ||||||||||||
| Decoration | All black except rim, which is covered with a whitish slip and decorated with a zone of stpe patterns framed by two lines above and below. Base reserved with two incised concentric rings. | ||||||||||||
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| Condition | Chips on both the exterior and the interior of the rim. Chips on the body. Cracks are apparent on the body of the krater and two large fragments on the body have been filled in. The gloss is not lustrous and was flaked off the rim, on the top of one of the handles and part of the body and the foot. | ||||||||||||
| Technique/Style | Black glaze | ||||||||||||
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| Period | High Archaic | ||||||||||||
| Date | 600-550 | ||||||||||||
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| Comparanda | Cf. Hayes 1984, 9 no. 9; CVA Louvre 1, IIID, pl. 1.1, pl. 2.2; Clara Rhodos 3.104, fig. 193; CVA Tours (France 30) pl. 2.4-5. P. Mingazzini, Vasi della Collezione Castellani 1.188-89, and B.B. Shefton, Perachora 2.384 n. 3 list more such kraters. | ||||||||||||
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| Height | 32.2 | ||||||||||||
| Diameters | Rim 30.4; foot 14.4 | ||||||||||||
| Handle_height | 13.7 | ||||||||||||
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| Location | Greece | ||||||||||||
| Edited_by | Faye Cheesman; Kinsey; Teifi | ||||||||||||
| Date_edited | 07.07.2003; 10.01.2006; 21.08.2006 |
