Corinth Object: C 2016 14
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 2016 14
Title:   LATE NEOLITHIC BICHROME MATT-PAINTED JAR: OVERFIRED (?)
Category Code:   C
Year:   2016
Object Number:   14
Description:   Closed vessel, possibly a jar, with cylindrical neck, rounded body.
Decoration:   Bichrome matt-painted linear decoration. White slip overall, cross-hatched and hatched triangle with black and reddish black lines on body hanging from reddish black band at base of neck. For cross-hatched motif, cf. Phelps 2004: Fig. 66.15.
Material:   Fine pink clay with rare small dark sub-rounded spherical inclusions, few small voids.
Munsell Color:   Core: 5YR 7/4 (pink), Surface: 10YR 7/1 (light gray)
Condition:   Fragment. Four joining frgts., one from each context, preserving small part of neck and body; granular breaks on all sides. Paint and slip worn. Overfiring blister (?).
Manufacture:   HM
Weight Description:   0.052
Weight:   0.052
Period:   Late Neolithic
Area:   South Stoa
Context:   South Stoa, context 513
    South Stoa, context 515
    South Stoa, context 478
    South Stoa, context 505
    South Stoa, context 478, LOT 2016 042
    LOT 2016 003
    LOT 2016 042
    LOT 2016 043
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: South Stoa
Image: digital 2017 0206
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