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Accession_Number REDMG:1953.25.13
Shape Oinochoe
Shape_description Globular oinochoe of Archaic shape. Trefoil lip attached at the back to a broad strap handle, high swung and descending vertically to the middle of the shoulder; slight step at top of shoulder, below sharp join with cylindrical neck; squat body; broad, angled ring foot, with flat resting surface; slightly convex underside.
Material Terracotta
Fabric Corinthian
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 10YR 6/4
Decoration Black glaze, inside and out. On shoulder, below handle, five close-set red bands between two pairs of thin white lines. Two-thirds down body bands of alternating colour (white, red, white, red, white); trace of red line at top of foot; reserved foot and underside.
Inscriptions
Condition Damaged base, missing part of foot. Worn and chipped decoration on handle, inside mouth, and lower part of body.
Technique/Style Late Corinthian I / II; black gloss; overpainted; incised
Provenance
Period High Archaic
Date 575-550
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image
Top view of a Corinthian oinochoe, showing trefoil-lipped mouth.
Right side view of a Corinthian black-gloss oinochoe.

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Left side view of a Corinthian trefoil-lipped oinochoe.

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Front view of a Corinthian trefoil-lipped oinochoe.

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Front view of a Corinthian trefoil-lipped oinochoe, showing handle.

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Front view of a Corinthian trefoil-lipped oinochoe.

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Front view of a Corinthian trefoil-lipped oinochoe.

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Oblique view of a Corinthian trefoil-lipped oinochoe.

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Front view of the bottom of a Corinthian trefoil-lipped oinochoe, showing base.
Comparanda For shape cf. Corinth T 2621: Corinth 13, 187 no. 162-4, pl. 25
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Beazley_DB
Height 12.0
Diameters Neck (min.) 3.1; body 12.6; foot 8.0
Handle_height 4.0
Other_dims. H. to top of mouth 10.4; W. handle 3.5
Location 7.2.1
Edited_by Denise; Amy; Jayne
Date_edited 12.07.2002; 18.08.2004; 22.02.23
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