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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | Z 261 | | Title: | | ONE- OR TWO-HANDLED JUG ("PYXIS") | | Category: | | Miscellaneous | | Category Code: | | Z | | Object Number: | | 261 | | Description: | | aka "Pyxis". Class B II (Glazed, completely covered ware) type, according to Blegen (Zygouries). Base and part of one side missing. Globular shape with extremely small mouth. On either side low down, at the level of the rather sharp angle formed by the two curves of the profile of the body, is a long horizontal lug pierced vertically by a small hole near each end. A low plain vertical rim around the opening looks as if it were intended to be closed with a tightly fitting lid, which was probably tied on by a string passed through the holes in the lugs. Thin walls. (Blegen, Zygouries, pg 87-88) | | Decoration: | | Brick-red glaze/thin reddish brown paint with traces of mottling, slight lustre, burnished | | Material: | | Brick red clay | | Condition: | | Fragment. base and handle missing, body RIP | | Dimensions Actual: | | D of mouth: 0.026; max D: 0.105; H: ca. 0.073 | | Period: | | Early Helladic | | Area: | | Zygouries | | Findspot Description: | | Zygouries | | Bibliography: | | Zygouries pg 87-88; fig 77 right, page 88 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Publication: Blegen, Zygouries: a prehistoric settlement ... 1928
Monument: Zygouries
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