Corinth Object: KV 1141
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KV 1141
Title:   MINIATURE SQUAT RIBBED OINOCHOE
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KV
Object Number:   1141
Description:   Miniature squat ribbed oinochoe with slighly rounded bottom, low globular bottom, restricted neck. Similar to KV 451 (Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 1868) from the court of the Terracotta Factory.
Decoration:   Incised ribs, slightly diagonal and curved. Dipped in black slip, bottom reserved.
Material:   Fine pale yellow clay with rare meidum black angular inclusions and rare fine voids
Munsell Color:   2.5Y 8/2 (pale yellow)
Condition:   Missing parts. One frgt preserving all of base and body, broken at neck. Slip very poorly preserved.
Manufacture:   WM
Weight Description:   0.019
Weight:   0.019
Period:   Classical
Chronology:   Possibly late 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. 1867
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Potters' Quarter
Image: bw 1965 082 26