Corinth Object: CP 298
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   CP 298
Title:   EARLY HELLADIC II NARROW-NECKED JAR
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   CP
Object Number:   298
Description:   Hydria. Flat base, globular body, narrow flaring neck. Two horizontal round handles attached in center of body. Similar to CP 297.
Decoration:   Exterior painted monochrome.
Material:   Very gritty semi-fine pink buff clay
Munsell Color:   Surface: 5 YR 5/6 (yellowish red) Core: 7.5 YR 8/2 (pinkish white)
Condition:   Fragment. 60 joining fragments preserve 3/4 of base, 1/2 body, small piece of neck, and 1 handle
Manufacture:   HM
Dimensions Actual:   D. of base 0.13
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.365
Dimensions Restored:   D. max 0.415
Period:   Early Helladic
Chronology:   EH III - referenced in Lerna vol. III p. 408 as a parallel to Lerna III Shape XVII.1
Area:   Korakou
Context:   NB81 B53 P226
Findspot Description:   nothing written on vessel; ="part of Water Jar from P IX" in Corinth Pottery Inventory I (CWB), p. 11 no. 11
Site:   Korakou
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Korakou
Image: bw 2004 024 01
Basket: NB81 B53 P226