Corinth Object: Z 329
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   Z 329
Title:   LATE HELLADIC III SMALL JAR
Category:   Miscellaneous
Category Code:   Z
Object Number:   329
Description:   Tiny "amphora" of a favorite Mycenaean shape, with three small horizontal loop handles. (Blegen, Zygouries, pg 171)
Decoration:   The lower part of vase is decorated with broad and narrow bands; in the upper zone, in what might be called panels between the handles, are two horizontal rows of dotted circles, with a few extra dots thrown in for good measure here and there in the background. The glaze is brownish black in color, rather worn and not very lustrous. (Blegen, Zygouries, pg 171)
Material:   Fine buff clay and slip
Condition:   Complete or intact.
Dimensions Actual:   H: 0.077; D: 0.072; D of mouth: 0.051
Period:   Late Helladic IIIB
Area:   Zygouries
Context:   NB990
Findspot Description:   Chamber Tomb XXXV, Zygouries
Bibliography:   Zygouries fig 51.8, page 60; fig 168, page 172; page 171
Site:   Zygouries
City:   Agios Basilios
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Blegen, Zygouries: a prehistoric settlement ... 1928
Monument: Zygouries
Image: bw 2008 068 20
Basket: NB990