Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | CP 333 | |
Title: | LATE HELLADIC IIB EPHYRAEAN GOBLET | |
Category: | Pottery | |
Category Code: | CP | |
Object Number: | 333 | |
Description: | Goblet (FS 254). Deep globular body with a small flaring tapered lip. Two vertical strap handles attached at rim and ca. 1/3 the way down the body. | |
Decoration: | Ephyraean type decoration. Exterior covered in a thick creamy yellow buff slip. Body decorated with a single large lily set vertically on each side of vessel (FM 9 no. 6). The lily has volutes and three stamen, one of which goes all the way down to the base of the flower in a railroad track-like pattern. There are two sets of wavy lines which curl up from the base of the flower. Beneath each handle is a set of three parallel chevrons, the uppermost of which comes to a point which has a small horizontal line across it. Interior unslipped. | |
Material: | Fine hard buff clay | |
Munsell Color: | Surface 10 YR 7/6 (yellow), Paint 5 YR 5/6 (yellowish red) to black | |
Condition: | Fragment. 13 fragments preserve 1/3 of body, 1/3 of rim, 2 handles | |
Manufacture: | WM | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.11 | |
Dimensions Restored: | Diam. of rim 0.165, H. 0.16 | |
Period: | Late Helladic IIA | |
Chronology: | based on decoration (Ephyraean) | |
Area: | Korakou | |
Context: | NB83 B98 P33 | |
NB83 B99 P33 | ||
Findspot Description: | "E Alley VI" in pencil on inside of base | |
Bibliography: | Blegen 1921, pl. VII no. 1 | |
Site: | Korakou | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Blegen, Korakou; a prehistoric settlement ... 1921 Monument: Korakou Image: bw 1968 032 11 Basket: NB83 B98 P33 Basket: NB83 B99 P33 |