Corinth Object: KP 2139
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KP 2139
Title:   EARLY PROTOCORINTHIAN CONICAL OINOCHOE SHOULDER
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KP
Object Number:   2139
Description:   Thick fabric
Decoration:   Reddish brown paint partly flaked off. Four circumf. Lines at base of neck. On shoulder part of spiral hook at 1, Then broad vertical zigzag (?), then spiral hook from base line, ending in bird's head with incised eye and long straight beak. Two incised lines across upper part of neck. Four circumf lines preserved below.
Material:   Pale yellow clay
Munsell Color:   10 YR 8/3
Condition:   Fragment. Conical Oinochoe shoulder fragment
Dimensions Preserved:   W 0.045
Period:   Protocorinthian (720-630)
Chronology:   Early Proto-Corinthian, according to Benson
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 6323