Corinth Object: CP 268
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   CP 268
Title:   MIDDLE HELLADIC COARSE CUP-SHAPED STRAINER
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   CP
Object Number:   268
Description:   Strainer. Fairly flat base pierced with seven medium sized holes, ten more holes pierced through lower body above base. Slightly convex body rises to outturned lip. One vertical strap handle, high swung, from rim to max. diameter of body.
Decoration:   Exterior has traces of slip.
Material:   Coarse gritty clay
Munsell Color:   Surface: 7.5 YR 6/6 (strong brown) to 7.5 YR 4/3 (brown) Core: 10 YR 5/2 (grayish brown)
Condition:   Complete profile. 2 joining fragments preserve all of base, all of body, 2/3 of handle, 3/4 of rim
Manufacture:   HM
Dimensions Actual:   H. to rim 0.113, Diam. of rim 0.105
Dimensions Preserved:   max. p. H. 0.134
Area:   Korakou
Context:   NB84 B188 P120
Findspot Description:   ="Strainer from Minyan House under F" in Corinth Pottery Inventory I (CWB), p. 30 no. 14; is on left in Korakou figure and in picture recorded by Blegen in Pottery Inventory NB
Bibliography:   Blegen 1921, p. 31, fig. 45 no. 1
Site:   Korakou
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Blegen, Korakou; a prehistoric settlement ... 1921
Monument: Korakou
Images (7)
Basket: NB84 B188 P120