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such as omicron and chi, is sometimes smaller in size
and could have been scratched a bit higher.
Findspot: Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore.88 44
was found in the fill of Sacrificial Pit A of "Room
E".89 The stratigraphic position of the pit offers us
no pertinent information for dating the joining frag-
ments. The fill probably comes from destruction de-
bris, with the beginning of the 4th century B.C. as its
terminus ante quem.90 Significantly, however, the
fragments were found in a context datable to the
second half of the 5th century (Lots 73-141 and
73-2212). Moreover, a date can be deduced from
other elements: on the basis of analogous examples,
the rim's conformation is in general indicative of the
Classical period. The epigraphic characters and
above all the presence of the characteristic sign for
epsilon-eta permit us to date the fragments to 500-
450 B.C., inasmuch as such a letter disappears from
the Corinthian alphabet during the second quarter
of the 5th century.91
Mid-5th century B.C.
45. Bowl fragment Fig. 2, P1. 69
CP-64. H. 0.085, W. 0.308, rest. D. 0.642, Th.
0.016.
Compact, pink clay (5YR 7/3) with fine gray
and white inclusions; pinkish white slip (5YR
8/2) confined to the rim, to the lip, and to the bor-
dering band of the interior, which displays in its
remaining portion a homogeneous layer of pink-
ish gray grains (5YR 7/2). A small part of the
original circumference is preserved; chipped sur-
face with incrustations. The lower part of the lip
is missing.
Overhanging rim, articulated with pendulous,
slightly inward slanting lip; convex, outward slant-
ing top. The side of the lip is modeled with at least
four ridges of varying height, alternately covered by
irregularly painted bands of brown and dark red.
CORINTHIAN BASINS ON HIGH STANDS 379
The uppermost brown band only partially covers the
ridge, and it reaches the outer edge of the rim top.
Findspot unknown.
5th or 4th century B.C.
46. Bowl fragments Fig. 2, P1. 69
Lot: Well 1936-10:1. H. 0.078, W. 0.245, rest. D.
0.596, Th. 0.02.
Impure, pink clay (7.5YR 8/4) with predomi-
nantly gray inclusions; fine, reddish yellow slip
(7.5YR 7/6) confined to the rim and to the inner
bordering band of the bowl; this band is covered
on the interior with a layer of reddish yellow
grains (5YR 6/6). A small part of the original cir-
cumference is preserved in five fragments, four of
which join. Surface slightly eroded in places; some
chipped areas and two spots of scorching.
Overhanging rim, articulated with pendulous,
slightly inward slanting lip; convex top. The side of
the lip is modeled with two groups of three ridges of
varying height, separated by a central space. Wide
bands of alternately brown and dark red cover the
first and third ridges in each group, leaving the cen-
tral ridge partially unpainted. The uppermost
brown band reaches the outer edge of the rim top;
the lowermost red band partially covers the under-
side of the lip.
Findspot: Well 1936-10 (S:11), at the southwest
corner of the Cryptoporticus of the South Basilica,92
which has yielded material dated mostly within the
5th century, till around 420 B.C.93
47. Bowl fragment P1. 69
CP-3242. H. 0.13, W. 0.596, rest. D. 0.656, Th.
0.031.
Porous and very impure, light-gray clay (2.5Y
7/2) with gray inclusions; thick layer of white slip
(2.5Y 8/2) confined to the rim and to the border-
ing band of the interior; the rest of the inner sur-
face is covered by a layer of light reddish brown
88 For the 1970 campaign, see Bookidis and Fisher, 1972, pp. 283-331.
89 For the location of Room E and of the Sacrificial Pit inside, see Stroud, 1965, pp. 6-7, fig. 1:E; Stroud,
1968, p. 304, pl. 96:E.
90 Stroud, 1965, p. 7.
91 Jeffery (footnote 81 above), p. 115; Guarducci (footnote 87 above), p. 171.
92 Corinth I, v (footnote 78 above), p. 59, plan V, bottom left.
9 See footnote 79 above.