Corinth Object: KP 2924
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KP 2924
Title:   ARCHAIC CONICAL OINOCHOE
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KP
Object Number:   2924
Description:   Small conical oinochoe. Flat undersurface, wall vertical for 1 cm then incurving towards shoulder, 28 cm transitions at shoulder to vertical cylindrical neck, no longer preserved. Vertical strap handle attached to shoulder slighlty below neck, no longer preserved. Potential phallic graffito placed on body .
Decoration:   Black slipped exterior, fired brown. Slip does not cover exterior undersurface. Slip would have covered neck interior and partially into interior of shoulder.
Writing:   inscribed. Potential phallic graffito, with outlined shape, and three vertical slash marks, two near head, one near base, of graffito.
Material:   Fine very pale brown clay. No visible inclusions.
Munsell Color:   10YR 8/4 (very pale brown)
Condition:   Missing parts. 1 frgt., preserving partial profile: 2/3 of body, no neck or handle preserved beyond where they connect to shoulder. Slip very worn.
Manufacture:   WM.
Weight Description:   .028
Weight:   .028
Period:   Archaic (7th-6th c.)
Chronology:   based on comparanda
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter. Road Deposit, Lot 1931-9
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2017 0160