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 Image: bw 6444 Image: bw 1965 102 34 |