Corinth Object: CP 2967
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   CP 2967
Title:   LATE NEOLITHIC RITUAL VESSEL: BODY, HANDLE
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   CP
Object Number:   2967
Description:   Late Neolithic four-legged vessel, ill-fired black burnished ware, slightly convex.
Decoration:   Red and white paint. Interior smoothed. Back of handle ridge curving up to left with band of red paint.
Material:   Semi-fine fabric with many white gritty and some dark inclusions, lightly micaceous, fired orangey buff all through.
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving upper lef tbody and rise of handle attachment; broken all around. Surfaces worn. Paint crusted, traces preserved. Some patches fire-darkened at surface. Exterior much worn with residual salmon burnish.
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.038, W. 0.050
Period:   Late Neolithic
Chronology:   early phase
Area:   Early Excavations
Context:   NB594 P111
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Early Excavations
Image: digital 2020 0125