Corinth Object: KP 1233
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KP 1233
Title:   EARLY PROTOCORINTHIAN OINOCHOE
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KP
Object Number:   1233
Description:   Rounded shoulder of ovoid body; what appears to be the break of neck was smoothed or neck came off with a smooth break; vertical strap handle with tapered sides
Decoration:   Paint fired from reddish to dark brown. Below handle, 4 closely-spaced horizontal lines; to left of handle, row of 4 tiny reverse sigmas and above, arrow shaped motif with 2 circular incisions (snake's head?); exterior of handle, 14 narrowly spaced horizontal lines
Material:   clay
Munsell Color:   2.5 Y 8/2 (pale yellow)
Condition:   Fragment. 2 joining fragments of shoulder and handle of broad-bottom oinochoe
Dimensions Actual:   Th. 0.004
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.041; L. 0.076
Period:   Protocorinthian (720-630)
Chronology:   Early Protocorinthian
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter, Northwest Angle Deposit
Bibliography:   Stillwell & Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 202, p. 50
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Stillwell & Benson, Corinth 15:3, 1984
Image: bw 6297
Image: bw 1965 071 29