Corinth Object: KP 987
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KP 987
Title:   SUB-GEOMETRIC BROAD-BOTTOMED OINOCHOE
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KP
Object Number:   987
Description:   Wide body with sloping shoulder and sides slightly incurving at bottom. Base very slightly projecting at edge; slightly concave underneath. Narrow neck, slightly wider at base. Front lob of lip wide. Rather thick handle, not projecting above lip.
Decoration:   Black and applied-white paint, mostly worn off. Exterior, except handfle and bottom, painted black; two circumf. Lines in applied white on shoulder, with a few vert. lines between. Black stripes across exterior of handle.
Material:   Yellowish gray clay.
Munsell Color:   2.5 Y 7/4
Condition:   Complete profile. Missing: most of lower body and base, fragments from shoulder, lip and handle (restored)
Dimensions Actual:   H. 0.123
Dimensions Restored:   B, 0.135
Period:   Protocorinthian (720-630)
Chronology:   early 7th c. BCE
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
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