Corinth Object: KV 1139
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KV 1139
Title:   MINIATURE ROUND-BODIED OINOCHOE
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KV
Object Number:   1139
Description:   Miniature round-bodied oinochoe with flat base and disc foot, echinoid body below shoulder carination, narrow neck, and wide flaring rim with tapered lip. Attachment points for handle at shoulder and lip. Shape similar to KV 238 (Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 1843) from Deposit 5 in the East Room of the Terracotta Factory.
Decoration:   String marks on base. Black slip over all.
Material:   Fine very pale brown clay with few fine inclusions and few fine voids
Munsell Color:   10YR 7/4 (very pale brown)
Condition:   Missing parts. One frgt preserving all of vessel except handle. Slip flaking.
Manufacture:   WM
Weight Description:   0.007
Weight:   0.007
Period:   Classical
Chronology:   Possibly 2nd half of 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. 1844
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Potters' Quarter