Krater

Nearly complete and mended. Shape like B 1062 (P972) Clay: dark buff, clean and firm; wet-smoothed. Paint: slightly lustrous orange-brown. Band on rim, another slightly below rim interior and 2 halfway down interior. On each handle a blotch of paint starting at the right and covering about 2/3 of handle. Exterior: band below rim and below handle, on and just above base. Handle-zone divided into 2 panels on each side by vertical chain patterns between narrow bands (A); and by vertical plait ornament between narrow bands of which the central member is scalloped (B), In each panel: a bird with spread tail and long-beacked head turned back, its body divided by a line longitudinally and filled with small crosses or x's. Legs (A), both have v. wavy lines; (B), left bird has x's, right has dots. Necks (A), both have zigzags; (B), left bird has dots, right has horizontal wavy lines.