Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | CP 265 | |
Title: | MATT PAINTED AMPHORA | |
Category: | Pottery | |
Category Code: | CP | |
Object Number: | 265 | |
Description: | Amphora. Rounded shoulder to medium tall slightly flaring neck; flaring outward thickened horizontal rim with a groove in middle and a flat top. Two very small vertical strap handles on shoulder. Buck (Hesp 1964) shape C8. | |
Decoration: | Exterior is slipped and painted. Thin band below decorative zone at shoulder. Main zone consists of two curvilinear motifs made of a loop which narrows to a tail at one end filled with crosshatched design (Buck Hesp 1964 Motif 126 - tennis racket (hatched loop)). The ends of these hatched loops curve under handles to meet a vertical band which runs down the top of each handle. One band above main zone at base of neck. Interior slipped on rim and neck only. | |
Material: | Semi-fine hard clay | |
Munsell Color: | Surface 7.5 YR 6/6 (reddish yellow), Core 5 YR 6/6 (reddish yellow) | |
Condition: | Fragment. six joining fragments preserve 1/5 body, 3/4 rim, two handles | |
Manufacture: | WM | |
Dimensions Preserved: | max. p. H. 0.14 | |
Dimensions Restored: | Diam of rim 0.12, max. Diam. 0.255 | |
Area: | Korakou | |
Context: | Korakou | |
Findspot Description: | "K II" in pencil on base; ="top of jug from K II" in Corinth Pottery Inventory I (CWB), p. 29 no. 9 | |
Bibliography: | Blegen 1921, p. 27, fig. 37 | |
Site: | Korakou | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Blegen, Korakou; a prehistoric settlement ... 1921 Monument: Korakou Images (5) Basket: Korakou |