Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | KP 1267 | |
Title: | EARLY PROTOCORINTHIAN AMPHORA | |
Category: | Pottery | |
Category Code: | KP | |
Object Number: | 1267 | |
Description: | Ovoid body, round shoulder, cilindrical neck | |
Decoration: | Dark brown slip. Body decorated with parallel lines. At the base of the shoulder, wide band filled with vertical reverse sigmasin groups of 5. above, three horizontal lines and a large leaf-shape decoration with small triangular projections (fish?) on neck: 6 parallel bands and a zone with panels, patterns of waves, vertical squiggles a bird, five vertical lines, a vawe pattern and a series of at least 10 more vertical lines. Above: five horizontal lines and a broad band, below lip | |
Material: | clay | |
Munsell Color: | 2.5 Y 8/3 (pale yellow) | |
Condition: | Fragment. Fragmentary (14 non joning pieces, some mended from multiple sherds) Part of neck shoulder and numerous body fragments.Slip has worn off in many places | |
Dimensions Actual: | Th. 0.004- 0.008 | |
Period: | Protocorinthian (720-630) | |
Chronology: | Early Protocorinthian | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter Northwest Angle Deposit | |
Bibliography: | Stillwell & Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 214, p. 52 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Stillwell & Benson, Corinth 15:3, 1984 Image: bw 6268 Image: bw 6297 |