Corinth Object: KP 2137
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KP 2137
Title:   EARLY PROTOCORINTHIAN OINOCHOE SHOULDER
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KP
Object Number:   2137
Decoration:   Brownish black paint. Circumf. Line at base of neck. Part of bird, r., with short heavy neck and larged, hooked beak; incised lines at base of neck and back of head, incised eye; line separating upper and lower parts of beak. Before bird, vert. zigzag. R., three vert. lines, probably marking end of shoulder frieze under handle. Below, three fine circumf. Lines, band with group of vert. zigzags, and one circumf line. Assigned to Hopping Birds Workshop
Material:   Yellow clay, greenish on interior
Munsell Color:   10 YR 8/3
Condition:   Fragment. oinochoe shoulder fragment
Dimensions Preserved:   W 0.04
Period:   Protocorinthian (720-630)
Chronology:   Early Proto-Corinthian, according to Benson
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter.
Bibliography:   Stillwell & Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Stillwell & Benson, Corinth 15:3, 1984
Image: bw 6323