| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | Z 54 | |
| Title: | EARLY HELLADIC LARGE JAR | |
| Category: | Miscellaneous | |
| Category Code: | Z | |
| Object Number: | 54 | |
| Description: | Class B 1 (Glazed, partially coated ware) according to Blegen (Zygouries); Large jar with narrow mouth. Has a broad and stocky, but not unattractive, shape. The bottom is flattened as a base, or meant to be, but actually has a slightly convex surface so that the pot does not stand well. Halfway down the side, opposite each other, are two heavy horizontal handles; the two smaller ones set perpendicularly to these, high up on the shoulder, seem hardly strong enough to assis materially in lifting the jar; perhaps they were used rather for guiding when the vessel was being tilted. The neck is low and ends in a vertical rim like a collar, which may have been meant to receive a lid. The clay is soft and not properly baked. (Blegen, Zygouries, pg 85) | |
| Decoration: | The upper half of the pot above the large handles is coated with thin glaze, which also covers the upper surface of the handles, but not the lower. The glazed zone is not sharply divided from the unglazed; on one side a splash of thin paint has run far down into the zone below. The glaze preserves only a reminiscence of its original lustre (Blegen, Zygouries, pg 85) | |
| Material: | Greenish buff clay | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. RIP (body and portions of handles) | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H: 0.265; max D: 0.322; D of mouth: 0.119 | |
| Period: | Early Helladic | |
| Area: | Zygouries | |
| Findspot Description: | Zygouries | |
| Bibliography: | Zygouries fig 73, page 85; page 85 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Blegen, Zygouries: a prehistoric settlement ... 1928 Monument: Zygouries Image: bw 1998 064 31 Image: bw 2004 019 01 |
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