| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | CP 2968 | |
| Title: | LATE NEOLITHIC RITUAL VESSEL: BODY, HANDLE, RIM | |
| Category: | Pottery | |
| Category Code: | CP | |
| Object Number: | 2968 | |
| Description: | Late Neolithic four-legged vessel, ill-fired black burnished ware and basket handle, rounded triangular in section, rising from rim; body curves convexly to taper-rounded rim. | |
| Decoration: | Interior rough-smoothed, exterior burnished. Red paint along inner side of handle including possible accidental slight scratch at edge; wavy line at back of handle possibly intentional incision. | |
| Material: | Semi-fine fabric with many light and dark inclusions, micaceous; fired dull orangey-red at core going to orangey-buff surface layers/ | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving part of upper proper left body, side of basket handle, and rim; broken all other sides. Red and possibly white paint crusted. Interior and exterior worn. | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.038, W. 0.06 | |
| Period: | Late Neolithic | |
| Chronology: | early phase | |
| Area: | Early Excavations | |
| Context: | NB594 P112 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Early Excavations Image: digital 2020 0114 |
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