Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | KV 236 | |
Title: | MINIATURE SLENDER OINOCHOE | |
Category: | Pottery | |
Category Code: | KV | |
Object Number: | 236 | |
Description: | Miniature slender oinochoe with flat base, walls slightly flaring with a subtle compound curve to sloping shoulder, restricted neck, and flaring trefoil rim with incurved lip. Attachment for single handle at shoulder. Similar to KV 423 from near Well III, immediately south of the altar room. | |
Decoration: | String marks on base. Black slip over all. | |
Material: | Fine, pale yellow clay with rare fine inclusions and rare fine voids | |
Munsell Color: | 5Y 8/2 (pale yellow) | |
Condition: | Missing parts. Complete except for handle. Slip poorly preserved. | |
Manufacture: | WM | |
Weight Description: | 0.011 | |
Weight: | 0.011 | |
Period: | 5th c. B.C. | |
Chronology: | 2nd half of the 5th century B.C. (Stillwell 1948, Corinth 15.1, p. 45) | |
Area: | Potters' Quarter | |
Context: | NB114 P82 | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. South of Terracotta Factory, Deposit 7. | |
Bibliography: | Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 1864 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 47 (pp. 82 - 83) |