Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | KP 1431 | |
Title: | WASTER: EARLY CORINTHIAN ALABASTRON | |
Category: | Pottery | |
Category Code: | KP | |
Object Number: | 1431 | |
Description: | Try piece: ovoid body, hole pierced in body (diam. 0.011) paint on break may suggest mending in antiquity | |
Decoration: | wing of a big bird occupies most of the fragment. Carefully laid black slip, details incised (feathers and definition of wing). Added purple on central part of the wing. Interior is unslipped, but there is both black slip and purple paint on one of the breaks. | |
Material: | clay | |
Munsell Color: | 10 YR 8/3 (very pale brown) | |
Condition: | Fragment. single body sherd | |
Dimensions Actual: | Th. 0.004 | |
Dimensions Preserved: | L. 0.038; W. 0.05 | |
Period: | Early Corinthian (620/615-595/590) | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. Well I | |
Bibliography: | Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 1376, p. 249 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Stillwell & Benson, Corinth 15:3, 1984 Image: bw 1966 119 08 |