Corinth Object: KP 186
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KP 186
Title:   SUBGEOMETRIC BROAD-BOTTOMED OINOCHOE
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KP
Object Number:   186
Description:   Broad-bottomed oinochoe. Shape similar to KP-987 except that body lower in proportion to height, shoulder more rounded, neck shorter and joins shoulder at sharper angle, front lobe of lip more pinched and handle slightly higher. Bottom has broad, slightly raised resting surface.
Decoration:   Black paint, partly worn off. Exterior paint black, except for bottom and reserved band just above base, which contains band of short rays. Inner edge of lip painted black.
Material:   Yellowish gray clay.
Condition:   Complete profile. Missing two frgts., from body (restored).
Dimensions Actual:   H 0.088; D 0.094
Period:   Late Geometric (750-720)
Chronology:   Late Geometric or Sub-Geometric at the latest, according to Benson
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter. Geometric Deposit east of Terracotta Factory.
Bibliography:   Stillwell & Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 1464, p. 265
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Stillwell & Benson, Corinth 15:3, 1984
Image: bw 4114
Image: bw 1966 109 04