Amphora
Krater
49-12-1039
From: Cyprus | Kourion | Kaloriziki
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 49-12-1039 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Cyprus | Kourion | Kaloriziki |
| Site Name | Kourion |
| Locus | Tomb 39:14 |
| Period | White Painted I |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | White Painted I |
| Description | Complete but chipped. A very large sturdy version of this shape forming a link with the large krater-amphoras of Type 2. Clay: light gray-green with fine dark sand. Paint: thin purple-brown. 2 bands inside rim. 6 groups of 4-6 bars on rim. Paint on sides of handles, below rim at neck-base, on base. Zigzag on handles, 3 bands below handles, 2 on lower body. Neck: 3 double-outline zones, a center with a small solid lozenge in the center; the side zones have latticed-lozenge in the center; the side zones have latticed-lozenges and lattice work. |
| Height | 38.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 36 cm |
| Credit Line | Cyprus Expedition, J. F. Daniel, 1949 |
| Other Number | P711 - Field No SF |
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