Corinth Object: C 1934 1638a
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1934 1638a
Title:   MIDDLE OR LATE CORINTHIAN TREFOIL OINOCHOE
Category Code:   C
Year:   1934
Object Number:   1638
Object Suffix:   a
Old Number:   C-1934-1638J C-1934-1638K (lapsed)
Related Objects:   C-1934-1638B-R
Description:   Oinochoe with ovoid body, nearly horizontal shoulder articulated from neck by faint plastic ring, wide neck, tapering to offset trefoil rim. (all frgts.)
Decoration:   Oinochoe had reserved zone with rays at base (I) with two animal friezes on body, and a third on the shoulder. A (+J,K): top of frieze II with back of animal, above which row of large dots; broad circumference band; frieze III on shoulder: panther to lt., complete except for part of muzzle, one hind leg, base of tail; tip of tail curling above very long sagging back; incised details; dense filling ornament of blobs with incised X and dots; neck and rim black glazed; glaze overlapping interior of neck to mid height.
Material:   Fine greenish gray clay with rare fine round voids.
Munsell Color:   2.5Y 7/2
Condition:   Fragment. Originally four joining frgts., neck and rim, missing lip, small part of circumference; joins: 12 in all, giving top of body, shoulder to rim.
Manufacture:   C18 WM
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.115 (ca., true)
Period:   Middle Corinthian (595/590-570)
Chronology:   ? 50? Middle or Late Corinthian, 1st half 6th c.
Area:   South Stoa
Context:   NB141 P43
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: South Stoa
Image: bw 2000 055 19
Basket: NB141 P43