Corinth Object: Z 887
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   Z 887
Title:   EARLY HELLADIC II BOWL, BASIN OR LARGE SAUCER
Category:   Miscellaneous
Category Code:   Z
Object Number:   887
Description:   Open shape of uncertain form, likely a bowl (Wiencke or basin, possibly a large saucer, based on t-shaped rim, large saucer, restored rim diameter, and curvture of profile.
Decoration:   Dark-on-Light Pattern Painted (Blegen's Ware C, class 1): three brown Wiencke motif 14a Dots (Wiencke 2000, Lerna 4, p. 612, fig. II.99) on pink unslipped surface. Top and interior of rim slipped. Entire interior possibly originally slipped, or at least undernearth the rim. Similar to Z-218 (Blegen 1928, Zygouries, pp. 101–103, fig. 88.2).
Munsell Color:   Field: 5YR 7/3 (pink); decoration: 2.5YR 3/3 (dark reddish brown)–4/4 (reddish brown)
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving part of rim and body, slip worn off in places.
Manufacture:   Dark-on-Light Pattern Painted, HM (possibly Wheel assisted)
Weight Description:   0.035
Weight:   0.035
Period:   Early Helladic
Chronology:   EH II Late (EH IIB), based on Wiencke 2000, Lerna 4, p. 615.
Bibliography:   Blegen 1928, Zygouries, p. 101–103, fig. 88.1
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece