| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | CP 2950 | |
| Title: | LATE NEOLITHIC VESSEL: HANDLE, BODY | |
| Category: | Pottery | |
| Category Code: | CP | |
| Object Number: | 2950 | |
| Description: | Late Neolithic four-legged vessel in black burnished ware. Simple tapered rim; handle offset in 2 degrees with deep, broad groove (bevelled) to rear below. | |
| Decoration: | Traces of filling crusted red paint at handle/body join. Rim set off by incised groove and 2 incised zigzag stripes: between the 2 are are shallow offset grooves meeting at an angle for handle base. Surfaces burnished; crusted red paint traces all over front incised zone. Possible traces of incised zigzag at bottom rear at edge of break. | |
| Material: | Fine fabric. Scattered light adn dark inclusions. Fired light dull gray at core; going tannish buff (outside) or black surface layer (inside). Secondary burning? | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Mended from 2 frgts., preserving proper right front rim and handle attachment area; broken all around except at rim. Chipped at break. | |
| Period: | Late Neolithic | |
| Findspot Description: | Kosmopoulos K-series. K 3 26 and K 3 30. Fragment K 3 30: "25/2" fragment from K 3 26: "M 31" and "25/2." Possibly from excavations for museum, 1931. | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Image: digital 2020 0262 |
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