Black ware pottery vessel (oinochoe) with a flat base, rounded body and an inverted neck with a flared rim. [ASh [OPS move] 27/04/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Black ware pottery vessel (oinochoe) with a flat base, rounded body and an inverted neck with a flared rim. [ASh [OPS move] 27/04/2016]
Long description: Black ware pottery vessel (oinochoe) with a flat base, rounded body and an inverted neck with a flared rim. There is a handle attached to the rim and the shoulder. Decorated with a continuous fret pattern on the body of the piece in an orange colour. Slipped surface. [ASh [OPS move] 27/04/2016]
Geographical reference: Greece
Europe > Southern Europe > Greece; Unknown
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: 400-301 BC Archaeological period: Ancient Greek Archaeological period: Iron Age
Date collected: By 1874
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Pottery, Material Pigment, Process Slipped, Process Painted
Dimensions: Height: max 118 mm, Diameter: max 96 mm, Width: max 120 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.64.7 PR Cat other PR nos: 1750
Research and responses: This object was examined by Drs Yannis Galanakis and Stella Skaltsa as part of the Fell funded project Characterizing the World Archaeology Collections. They described this vessel as a small oinochoe, a type of vessel related to drinking. They dated it to the fourth century BC. [AS 06/01/2011]

Search terms: Vessel, Pottery

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