Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | KV 238 | |
Title: | MINIATURE OINOCHOE | |
Category: | Pottery | |
Category Code: | KV | |
Object Number: | 238 | |
Description: | Miniature oinochoe with flat bottom, disc foot with flaring sides, globular body with carination at shoulder, narrow neck, and flaring trefoil rim with rounded lip. Handle attachments preserved at shoulder and rim. Similar to KV 446 (Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 1845). | |
Decoration: | String marks on base. Black slip over all. | |
Material: | Fine pale yellow clay with few fine, round inclusions and few fine, round voids | |
Munsell Color: | 2.5Y 8/2 (pale yellow) | |
Condition: | Missing parts. One frgt, handle missing. Slip poorly preserved. | |
Weight Description: | 0.009 | |
Weight: | 0.009 | |
Period: | Classical | |
Chronology: | Late 5th-4th century B.C. (Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, p. 211) | |
Area: | Potters' Quarter | |
Context: | NB114 P69 | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory, East Room, Deposit 5. | |
Bibliography: | Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 1843 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 14 (pp. 18 - 19) |