Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | CP 222 | |
Title: | LATE HELLADIC IIB VAPHEIO CUP | |
Category: | Pottery | |
Category Code: | CP | |
Object Number: | 222 | |
Description: | Vapheio cup. Flat base, nearly cylindrical lower body with a raised ridge 1/3 of the way up body, flaring upper body with relatively straight sides. One small vertical strap handle from rim to 1/3 of way down body. FS 224 type 2 | |
Decoration: | Exterior is slipped and painted. One band between base and ridge, one band at ridge, main zone between ridge and rim is a slightly diagonal formal foliate band (FM 64) made up of three parallel horizontal lines with short vertical strokes on top of bottom of outside lines. Rim is painted on exterior and interior. Handle has short oblique lines. Interior is slipped. | |
Material: | Hard buff clay | |
Munsell Color: | Surface: 7.5 YR 8/4 (pink), Paint 5 YR 6/8 (reddish yellow) to black | |
Condition: | Fragment. 11 joining fragments preserve none of base, 2/3 of body, 3/4 of rim, all of handle | |
Manufacture: | WM | |
Dimensions Actual: | Diam of rim 0.125 | |
Dimensions Preserved: | max. p. H. 0.09 | |
Dimensions Restored: | H. 0.095 | |
Period: | Late Helladic IIA | |
Chronology: | date based on FS in MDP | |
Area: | Korakou | |
Context: | NB83 B134 P41 | |
NB83 B114 P37 | ||
NB83 B132 P41 | ||
NB83 B130 P41 | ||
NB83 B133 P41 | ||
NB83 B131 P41 | ||
Findspot Description: | sherds labeled "E.A. X", "E.A. XI" "E.A. XII" and "E.A. A W" (?) | |
Bibliography: | Blegen 1921, p. 40, fig. 54 no. 2 | |
Site: | Korakou | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Blegen, Korakou; a prehistoric settlement ... 1921 Monument: Korakou Images (5) Baskets (6) |