Corinth Object: KP 716
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KP 716
Title:   SQUAT OINOCHOE
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KP
Object Number:   716
Description:   Convex shoulder and body. Raised ring at base of neck and applied disks on lip at either side of handle; probably beaked lip.
Decoration:   Perhaps light brown slip according to Benson. Lip and upper neck black, low neck and ring red. Two bands of continuous meander on shoulder. On body, bordered above by two red lines and one black and below by red line and black line, laurel wreath with alternating long, oblanceolate leaves and elongated clusters of berries; clusters also between leaves and stem.
Material:   Grayish brown clay with polished surface
Munsell Color:   10YR 8/3
Condition:   Fragment. Fragment of neck and upper body
Dimensions Preserved:   H 0.052; D 0.091
Period:   Classical
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter.
Bibliography:   Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 1064, p. 200; Corinth VII.5, p.110, no.454
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Stillwell & Benson, Corinth 15:3, 1984
Image: bw 1965 087 27