Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | Z 373 | |
Title: | LATE HELLADIC III STIRRUP JAR | |
Category: | Miscellaneous | |
Category Code: | Z | |
Object Number: | 373 | |
Description: | Jar with flat bottom, short stem curving into ovoidbody with max. diam. at ca. H00.19, high roundedshoulder, narrow conical neck, flat stopper extendingbeyond neck. Wide spout rising vertically from shoulder,torus rim. Two vertical strap handles attached to midshoulder, stopper. Pair of holes in bottom of bothhandles, pair at top of one, one in other. | |
Decoration: | Brown-black glaze band on stem, one on lower body, 2just below max. diam. (partly worn away), 3 at baseof shoulder; on shoulder, Side A, parts of 2 upsidedown 3-petal flowers, parts of half-flowers flankingspout, circle at base, top of spout. Spiral onstopper, horizontal bars on handle backs. | |
Material: | Coarse tan clay with numerous fine black inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | Slightly yellower than 7.5YR 7/4 | |
Condition: | Complete profile. Numerous joining frgts., complete profile. Complete bottom except for chips in 1/4 circumference; ca. 1/20 mid body missing, small part of shoulder, hole in side of spout, ca. 1/10 lip. Glaze much worn. | |
Dimensions Actual: | H00.365 D00.096 (bottom) D00.308 (max) D00.077(spout) | |
Period: | Mycenaean - use 12 | |
Chronology: | Late Mycenaean IIIB | |
Area: | Zygouries | |
Context: | Zygouries, From Potter's Shop | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Findspot Description: | Zygouries | |
Bibliography: | Zygouries page 151 | |
Site: | Zygouries | |
City: | Agios Basilios | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Blegen, Zygouries: a prehistoric settlement ... 1928 Monument: Zygouries Basket: Zygouries, From Potter's Shop |