Corinth Object: CP 2970
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   CP 2970
Title:   LATE NEOLITHIC RITUAL VESSEL: BODY
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   CP
Object Number:   2970
Description:   Late Neolithic four-legged vessel, black burnished ware, convex.
Decoration:   Interior wiped smooth with red and possibly white paint. Exterior burnished black, decorated with series of short vertical incised and white filled strokes, probably originally band at back of handle.
Material:   Fine fabric with scattered inclusions, trace mica. Fired dull pinikish tan at core going to thin dark gray surface layers.
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving small part of body from just behind handle; broken all around. Red and white paint crusted.
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.02, W. 0.028
Period:   Late Neolithic
Chronology:   early phase
Area:   Early Excavations
Context:   NB594 P114
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Early Excavations