Corinth Object: KP 1431
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