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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | Z 113 | | Title: | | EARLY HELLADIC PATTERNED TANKARD | | Category: | | Miscellaneous | | Category Code: | | Z | | Object Number: | | 113 | | Description: | | Class C I (b) [Patterned Ware, Dark on light, Open/Free Style] according to Blegen (Zygouries). Fragment of a tankard. | | Decoration: | | The pot is finished with a good slip on which it carries three zones of decoration in lustrous red paint. The pattern is extremely simple, consisting in each case of three parallel lines, the upper and lower group being characterized by short, oblique dashes projecting from the top line. The handle is marked by an irregular zig zag in the same style, formed in its lowest step of four parallel lines, which are succeeded by three in the second and third steps. Along the inside of the rim are three parallel lines, from the upper of which small diamonds in solid color project toward the lip. (Blegen, Zygouries, pg 104) | | Material: | | Pink clay, cream slip | | Condition: | | Complete profile. Half of side and all of base RIP; surface worn | | Dimensions Actual: | | Max D: 0.129 | | Period: | | Early Helladic | | Area: | | Zygouries | | Findspot Description: | | Zygouries | | Bibliography: | | Zygouries page 104 and pl XIII.1 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Publication: Blegen, Zygouries: a prehistoric settlement ... 1928
Monument: Zygouries
Image: bw 2002 050 15a
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