Corinth Object: Z 356
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   Z 356
Title:   LATE HELLADIC III STIRRUP JAR
Category:   Miscellaneous
Category Code:   Z
Object Number:   356
Description:   Stirrup vase has a very low, compressed shape, with comparatively slender spout and handle. (Blegen 1926, 167)
Decoration:   Decoration is carried out in excellent red glaze, which has turned black on one side in the firing. The surely drawn broad bands enclosing fine lines do not seem far removed from the style represented at Tell el Amarna. The upper ring is ornamented with five small circles in broad outline, in four cases paralleled by a ring of dots withing and without. The fifth circle has an exterior ring of dots, but encloses a single central dot. On the disk of the handle are four concentric circles surrounding a large dot. (Blegen 1926, 167)
Material:   Fine pink clay, yellowish buff slip
Condition:   Complete or intact.
Dimensions Actual:   H: 0.085; max D: 0.121; D of base: 0.06
Period:   Late Helladic IIIB
Area:   Zygouries
Context:   NB990
Findspot Description:   Chamber Tomb XXXIII, Zygouries
Bibliography:   Zygouries, fig. 48.2, page 58; page 61; page 167; fig. 161, page 168
Site:   Zygouries
City:   Agios Basilios
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Blegen, Zygouries: a prehistoric settlement ... 1928
Monument: Zygouries
Image: bw 2006 008 37
Basket: NB990