Corinth Object: KP 1105
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KP 1105
Title:   MIDDLE CORINTHIAN ARYBALLOS
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KP
Object Number:   1105
Description:   Try piece: globular body, hole
pierced through the body (diam. 0.011) after the vase was decorated
Decoration:   Slip fired red. A large swan with open wings covers most of the body. Wings, eyes and beak details are incised. Fill: stoked rosettes. Remains of added purple paint on the wings and on neck
Material:   Clay
Munsell Color:   7.5 YR 7/4 (pink)
Condition:   Fragment. Mended from 2 frags. Preserves circa 1/4 of the body
Dimensions Actual:   Th. 0.004
Dimensions Preserved:   H.0.046 ; W. 0.082
Period:   Middle Corinthian (595/590-570)
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter. Well I
Bibliography:   Stillwell & Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, p. 252 cross reference to 1406
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Stillwell & Benson, Corinth 15:3, 1984
Image: bw 8073
Image: bw 1965 078 10