Corinth Object: CP 129
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   CP 129
Title:   LATE HELLADIC IIIB-C HYDRIA
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   CP
Object Number:   129
Description:   Hydria. Curving shoulder to tall narrow neck with slight ledge at base, outturned rim. One vertical strap handle from neck well below rim to shoulder. Attachments for a horizontal handle at midpoint of body. FS 128
Decoration:   Exterior is monochrome painted beginning from the interior of the rim.
Material:   Fine hard clay
Munsell Color:   Surface and Core 2.5 YR 5.5/4 (reddish brown/ight reddish brown), Paint streaky black
Condition:   Complete profile. 17 fragments preserve 1/5 of body, 1/3 of rim
Manufacture:   WM
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.232
Dimensions Restored:   Diam of rim 0.135, Diam of base 0.33
Chronology:   LH IIIB-C
Area:   Korakou
Context:   NB81 B63 P229
Findspot Description:   "R II" in pencil on interior; this is Blegen's Hieratic Vessel; "R II" in Corinth Pottery Inventory I (CWB)
Bibliography:   Rutter 1974, p. 163 no. 6
Site:   Korakou
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Rutter, The late Helladic IIIB and IIIC ... 1974
Monument: Korakou
Image: bw 2004 021 11
Image: bw 2004 024 11
Basket: NB81 B63 P229