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| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | CP 211 | |
| Title: | LATE HELLADIC IIB ROUNDED ALABASTRON | |
| Category: | Pottery | |
| Category Code: | CP | |
| Object Number: | 211 | |
| Description: | Rounded alabastron. Ovoid body to flat base. Low neck with high outturned rim. Three horizontal round handles on shoulder. FS 83 | |
| Decoration: | Exterior is slipped and painted. Lustrous buff slip only on exterior; handles, neck and rum and decoration in lustrous brown-black which crackles. Wavy band with parallel lines below it around bottom, similar to rock pattern (FM 33). Large ivy leaf with a wavy stem (FM 12) between handles, to the left of ivy are two circular clusters of dots. Thick band on neck, rim painted on interior and exterior. Handles painted solid. | |
| Material: | Hard buff clay | |
| Munsell Color: | Surface 10 YR 8/4 (very pale brown), Paint 2.5 YR 4/4 (reddish brown) to black | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Mended from 4 sherds, 75% R.I.P.; most of neck and rim, part of body almost to base + 1 handle preserved. Base, 2 handles 2/3 body, piece of rim R.I.P. | |
| Manufacture: | HM | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | max. p. H. 0.05 | |
| Dimensions Restored: | H. 0.08, max. diam. 0.095 | |
| Period: | Late Helladic II | |
| Chronology: | based on MDP and Furumark | |
| Area: | Korakou | |
| Context: | NB83 B106 P34 | |
| NB83 B105 P34 | ||
| Findspot Description: | no findspot written on vessel | |
| Bibliography: | Blegen 1921, p. 52, fig. 70 no. 1; Furumark 1941A 83:5 | |
| Site: | Korakou | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Blegen, Korakou; a prehistoric settlement ... 1921 Publication: Furumark, The Chronology of Mycenaean Po... 1941 Monument: Korakou Images (4) Basket: NB83 B105 P34 Basket: NB83 B106 P34 |
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