Corinth Object: Z 365
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   Z 365
Title:   SMALL JUG
Category:   Miscellaneous
Category Code:   Z
Object Number:   365
Description:   A small jug with broad, flat base, squat body, narrow neck, and a widely splaying lip. The single handle is missing and has been restored in plaster. The pot is of excellent hard fabric with thin walls (Blegen Zygouries, pg 176)
Decoration:   the exterior surface, which is coated with thin reddish brown paint, is intentionally roughened and irregular, giving a curious effect. It seems to me an attempt to imitate a vase of rather opaque or colored glass (Blegen Zygouries 176)
Material:   Fine clay, gray at core, pink surface
Condition:   Complete or intact. Handle and part of rim RIP
Dimensions Actual:   H: 0.068; D: 0.086
Chronology:   Blegen says Roman, Cards say Greek
Findspot Description:   Doorway of Tomb XXXV, Zygouries
Bibliography:   Zygouries fig 173, page 177; page 176
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Blegen, Zygouries: a prehistoric settlement ... 1928