| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | KP 985 | |
| Title: | LATE GEOMETRIC CONICAL OINOCHOE | |
| Category: | Pottery | |
| Category Code: | KP | |
| Object Number: | 985 | |
| Description: | Conical Oinochoe sides slope gradually; incurved at bottom. Neck rather heavy for body, and broader than in most conical oinochoai. | |
| Decoration: | Black paint, partly worn off, leaving light brown stain. On neck, three groups of five circumf. Lines dividing neck into two zones: in first, gear; and in second, lozenge chain with dot in each lozenge and between each two, above and below. On shoulder, crosshatched triangles with border. Rest of body covered with fine circumf lines. | |
| Material: | pale grayish yellow clay | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Missing handle, lip, fragments of neck, body, and base (restored) | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | D 0.184 | |
| Dimensions Restored: | H 0.23 | |
| Period: | Late Geometric (750-720) | |
| Chronology: | 2nd half of 8th c., according to Benson | |
| Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. | |
| Bibliography: | Stillwell & Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 94, p. 31 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Stillwell & Benson, Corinth 15:3, 1984 Image: bw 6455 |
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