Corinth Object: CP 2969
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   CP 2969
Title:   LATE NEOLITHIC RITUAL VESSEL: BODY, HANDLE
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   CP
Object Number:   2969
Description:   Late Neolithic four-legged vessel, black burnished ware. Body curves convexly, handle begins to rise in rounded-triangular section.
Decoration:   Interior surface well-smoothed with copious red and possibly white paint. Exterior black burnished with white paint on inner face of handle and band at junction of back of handle and body.
Material:   Semi-fine fabric with many dark inclusions, lightly micaceous. Fired dark grayish brown at core going to very thin black surface layers.
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving small part of upper left body and handle stump. Red and white paint crusted.
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.040, W. 0.051
Period:   Late Neolithic
Chronology:   early phase
Area:   Early Excavations
Context:   NB594 P113
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Early Excavations
Image: digital 2020 0120
Image: digital 2020 0121