Corinth Object: CP 287
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   CP 287
Title:   LATE HELLADIC IA SMALL KANTHAROS
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   CP
Object Number:   287
Description:   Small kantharos. Small slightly rounded flat base, body carinated, maximum diameter 1/3 of way up body, small outturned lip, two vertical high-swung strap handles attached at rim and at carination.
Decoration:   Exterior slipped and burnished.
Material:   Coarse gritty clay
Munsell Color:   Surface 5 YR 6/8 (reddish yellow), Core 7.5 YR 8/6 (reddish yellow)
Condition:   Complete profile. 5 joining fragments preserve all of base and body, 95% of rim, one handle complete, 3/4 of other handle
Dimensions Actual:   H. to rim 0.037, H. to handle 0.06, Diam. of rim 0.076, Diam. of base 0.03
Period:   Late Helladic I (1650-1500 BC)
Chronology:   LH IA (Dietz 1991, p. 150, fig. 47, no. AA-7 from Mycenae) [ITH]
Area:   Korakou
Context:   NB81 B120 P248
    NB81 B7 P202
Findspot Description:   "G I" in pencil on bottom
Site:   Korakou
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Korakou
Images (5)
Basket: NB81 B7 P202
Basket: NB81 B120 P248