Corinth Object: Z 28
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   Z 28
Title:   SAUCEBOAT
Category:   Miscellaneous
Category Code:   Z
Object Number:   28
Description:   Class B II (Glazed, completely covered ware) according to Blegen (Zygouries); The whole body slopes steeply upward toward the spout; the spout, which had moderate tips, is sharply rolled at the end. The pot, made with thin walls, has a low belly, curving in abruptly to the small raised base. The broad, flat vertical handle is divided by a groove down the middle. (Blegen, Zygouries, 91)
Decoration:   Smooth slip and dark glaze in and out
Material:   Gray core, light brick-red surface
Condition:   Complete profile. Missing one side, a narrow splinter from the lower part of the other side, the extremity of both tips of the spout, and most of the handle. RIP.
Dimensions Actual:   H (body): 0.092; H at end of spout: ca. 0.15; D: ca. 0.082; L: 0.122; D of base: 0.037
Period:   Early Helladic
Area:   Zygouries
Findspot Description:   Zygouries
Bibliography:   Zygouries pg 91; fig 79 right, pg 90
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Blegen, Zygouries: a prehistoric settlement ... 1928
Monument: Zygouries
Image: bw 1998 064 08
Image: bw 2004 024 30