Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | CP 244 | |
Title: | EARLY HELLADIC II SAUCEBOAT | |
Category: | Pottery | |
Category Code: | CP | |
Object Number: | 244 | |
Description: | Sauceboat. Small ring base, deep hemispherical body. Short spout rises slightly. One horizontal handle attached at back, triangular in section. | |
Decoration: | Exterior painted with Urfirnis, except the bottom of base and a reserved patch below handle. | |
Material: | Slightly gritty fine clay | |
Munsell Color: | Surface: varies from 10 YR 4/1 (dark gray) to 2.5 YR 5/6 (red), Core: 7.5 YR 7.4 (pink) | |
Condition: | Complete profile. 17 joining fragments preserve all of base, 3/4 of body, 2/3 of rim and spout, 1/4 of handle | |
Manufacture: | HM | |
Dimensions Actual: | H. (base to rim) 0.08 | |
Dimensions Restored: | H. (to spout) 0.105, max. diam. 0.092, L. 0.125 | |
Period: | Early Helladic | |
Chronology: | EH II - reference in Lerna vol. IV.II, p.586 to this vessel as a Type 1 sauceboat (Lerna III phase A or B) | |
Area: | Korakou | |
Context: | NB84 B106 P68 | |
Findspot Description: | "J XII" in pencil on vessel; ="Sauceboat from J XII" in Corinth Pottery Inventory I (CWB), p. 11 no. 12 | |
Bibliography: | Blegen 1921, p. 7, fig. 6 | |
Site: | Korakou | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Blegen, Korakou; a prehistoric settlement ... 1921 Monument: Korakou Images (5) Basket: NB84 B106 P68 |