| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | W 27 | |
| Title: | GEOMETRIC AMPHORA | |
| Category Code: | W | |
| Object Number: | 27 | |
| Description: | Amphora with small ring foot; bulbous body with max. diam. ca. at middle, curving continuously into small cylindrical neck, flaring to echinus mouth; 2 vertical strap handles from shoulder to upper neck. | |
| Decoration: | Below handles 2 reserved lines, broad band decoration with 7 to 9 short reserved lines in groups, adjacent groups slanting in opposite directions. Horizontal handle bars. Glaze largely black. | |
| Material: | Fine light buff clay with greenish cast, rather impure. | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact with slight cracks. Glaze largely gone. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H. 0.293, Diam. foot 0.08, Diam. max. 0.20, Diam. lip 0.103 | |
| Bibliography: | Corinth VII.1, n. 35; GGP, p. 93. | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Weinberg, Corinth 7:1, 1943 Image: bw 2996 |
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