KTH2701 (Hellenistic Corinthian Bolster Krater?) [permalink] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Object
In or from KTH Container
KTH Container 32, bag 2
Comment
KTHJJB
Logical part of
Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
Comparanda
sim. CorinthVII.3, p. 46, nos. 188, 189, pls. 7, 39, 47 (G. R. Edwards)
Description
Bolster krater(?). Heavy, molded foot consisting of scotia above small torus ring above a flaring, concave lower foot. Glazed on exterior save for reserved groove above torus. Resting surface and inside of foot reserved though trace of glaze at top suggests that underside (not preserved) may have been glazed. Hellenistic.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Fine, moderately soft clay with few inclusions or voids. Thick, even but flakey black glaze.
Preservation comment
Two joining fragments and one non-joining fragment, seemingly from the same vessel, is kept with the uninventoried pottery, preserve profile of foot. Extensive abrasion and slight to moderate chipping and gouging; specks of encrustation.
Base Diameter
0.105
Preserved height
0.044
Has geographic origin
Corinthia
Belongs to Historical Period
Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph
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