Corinth Object: Z 580
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   Z 580
Title:   PITCHER WITH CUT-AWAY SPOUT
Category:   Miscellaneous
Category Code:   Z
Object Number:   580
Description:   Matt-painted, class 1 (Blegen, Zygouries); Large coarse jug. Crudely made, apparently not on the wheel with thick, heavy walls. Flat base, oval body, and a low neck which may have ended in a projecting spout. A round handle runs from the widest part of the body to the neck.
Decoration:   Surface slipped and fairly smooth. Mattpainted. Simple linear pattern: twp parallel bands around the body, the base of the neck, and just below the rim. There is also a line of paint running down the handle and dividing into two below it, each end curving off to the side.
Material:   Coarse pinkish gray clay
Condition:   Complete or intact. Portions of rim, body and handle missing, RIP
Dimensions Actual:   H: 0.19; Max D: 0.163
Period:   Middle Helladic
Area:   Zygouries
Findspot Description:   Zygouries
Bibliography:   Zygouries fig 122, page 130; page 129-131
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Blegen, Zygouries: a prehistoric settlement ... 1928
Monument: Zygouries