Corinth Object: KP 2173
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KP 2173
Title:   MIDDLE PROTOCORINTHIAN I CONICAL OINOCHOE LOWER BODY
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KP
Object Number:   2173
Description:   Conical oinochoe lower body composed of thick fabric
Decoration:   Black paint, fired red at same place; partly flaked off, leaving light orange-brown stain. Short, broad rays at bottom, with two extremely fine circumf. Lines at tips. A) paw of dog with toes incised, tail and foot of large bird with tail drooping over base line. B) smaller fragment with loop pattern with incisions where loops cross
Material:   pale buff clay, fired pink at one place
Munsell Color:   10YR 7/3
Condition:   Fragment. Two lower body frgts.
Dimensions Preserved:   W 0.11
Period:   Protocorinthian (720-630)
Chronology:   Middle Proto-Corinthian I, according to Benson
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter.
Bibliography:   Stillwell & Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 260, p. 60
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Stillwell & Benson, Corinth 15:3, 1984
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