Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | KP 1233 | |
Title: | EARLY PROTOCORINTHIAN OINOCHOE | |
Category: | Pottery | |
Category Code: | KP | |
Object Number: | 1233 | |
Description: | Rounded shoulder of ovoid body; what appears to be the break of neck was smoothed or neck came off with a smooth break; vertical strap handle with tapered sides | |
Decoration: | Paint fired from reddish to dark brown. Below handle, 4 closely-spaced horizontal lines; to left of handle, row of 4 tiny reverse sigmas and above, arrow shaped motif with 2 circular incisions (snake's head?); exterior of handle, 14 narrowly spaced horizontal lines | |
Material: | clay | |
Munsell Color: | 2.5 Y 8/2 (pale yellow) | |
Condition: | Fragment. 2 joining fragments of shoulder and handle of broad-bottom oinochoe | |
Dimensions Actual: | Th. 0.004 | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.041; L. 0.076 | |
Period: | Protocorinthian (720-630) | |
Chronology: | Early Protocorinthian | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter, Northwest Angle Deposit | |
Bibliography: | Stillwell & Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 202, p. 50 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Stillwell & Benson, Corinth 15:3, 1984 Image: bw 6297 Image: bw 1965 071 29 |