Corinth Object: KP 121
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KP 121
Title:   OINOCHOE
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KP
Object Number:   121
Description:   Small oinochoe with flat base, tall globular body with carination at shoulder, restricted neck and flaring rim with trefoil mouth and rounded lip; high-swung strap handle.
Decoration:   Red to black glaze over 3/4 of body, base reserved.
Material:   Fine reddish yellow clay with few medium inclusions and few medium voids
Munsell Color:   7.5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow)
Condition:   Complete profile. Twenty joining frgts and two non-joining frgts preserving 50% of base, 60% of body, 85% of rim, and 50% of handle; restored in plaster; glaze flaking.
Manufacture:   WM
Weight Description:   0.098
Weight:   0.098
Period:   4th c. B.C.
Chronology:   ca. 350-325 B.C. based on deposit, but possibly earlier (Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, p. 212)
Area:   Potters' Quarter
Context:   NB114 P7
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter, Terracotta Factory, Court, Deposit 2
Bibliography:   Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 1132
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Potters' Quarter
Image: bw 3546
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