| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | C 2006 20 | |
| Title: | EARLY GEOMETRIC TREFOIL MOUTH OINOCHOE | |
| Category Code: | C | |
| Year: | 2006 | |
| Object Number: | 20 | |
| Description: | Trefoil mouth oinochoe with low vertical ring foot, flat resting surface, flat undersurface, ovoid body, tall, narrow cylindrical neck, trefoil mouth with tapered lip; vertical strap handle attached to shoulder and rim. Profile similar to W 2 (Corinth VII.1, p. 11, no. 31, pl. 5) and CP 858 (Corinth VII.1, p. 16, no. 57, pl. 9). | |
| Decoration: | Self-slipped and black glazed overall with reserved undersurface and resting surface; rouletting on undersurface; three sets of three reserved lines at regular intervals up to just below the handle; on neck reserved window-panel with three reserved lines above and below framing three zigzag lines with black vertical lines connecting their apices to the lines above and below; three vertical reserved lines on either side of zigzags; glaze continues just inside rim; handle reserved on undersurface, on upperside three sets of four black lines flanking two Xs, lower one single-lined, upper one double-lined; black lines along edges of handle. Decoration similar to W 22 (Corinth VII.1, p. 11, no. 29, pl. 4). | |
| Material: | Fine very pale brown clay fired reddish yellow at core with few small rounded black and white inclusions, and rare voids. | |
| Munsell Color: | Surface: 10YR 7/3 (very pale brown), Core: 7.5YR 8/6 (reddish yellow) | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Numerous joining fragments preserve the entire vessel except for several fragments and chips missing from foot, body, neck and rim; handle intact. Glaze is very well preserved. | |
| Manufacture: | WM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H. 0.289; Diam. of foot 0.126; Diam. max. 0.172; Diam. of neck 0.072; Th. 0.005 | |
| Weight Description: | 1.13 | |
| Weight: | 1.13 | |
| Period: | Early Geometric (900/875-850/825) | |
| Chronology: | W 2 and W 22 dated to LPG-EG by DeVries and EG by Coldstream, CP 858 dated MG I by DeVries. | |
| Area: | Panaghia west | |
| Context: | NB979 B65 P122, LOT 2006 018 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Findspot Description: | East of sarcophagus of GR 2006-4. Found with amphora C 2006 19. | |
| Bibliography: | Sanders et al., Hesperia 83:1, 2014 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Sanders et al., Hesperia 83:1, 2014 Monument: Panaghia west Images (8) Basket: NB979 B65 P122 Notebook Page: NB 979, spread 69 (pp. 121 - 122) |
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