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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | Z 889 | | Title: | | EARLY HELLADIC II PYXIS (?) | | Category: | | Miscellaneous | | Category Code: | | Z | | Object Number: | | 889 | | Description: | | Small, globular, closed shape of unconfirmed form. Most likely a small globular pyxis, possibly Wiencke type a (Wiencke 2000, Lerna 4, pp. 581–582, fig. II.91. Similar to Z-261 or Z-271 (Blegen 1928, Zygouries, pp. 88, 102, figs. 77, 88.5. | | Decoration: | | Dark-on-Light Pattern Painted (Blegen's Ware C, class 1): brown Wiencke motif 61 Broad Parallel Verticle Lines (Wiencke 2000, Lerna 4, p. 612, fig. II.99) on very pale brown unslipped field. Similar to Z-217 (Blegen 1928, Zygouries, pp. 103, fig. 88.5). | | Material: | | Poorly sorted fine to medium pale brown clay with common fine to small rounded black inclusions and common fine to medium voids. | | Munsell Color: | | Surface: 2.5Yr 7/3 (pale brown); decoration: 2.5YR 4/6 (olive brown) | | Condition: | | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving part of body. Decoration very faded. | | Manufacture: | | Dark-on-Light Pattern Painted, HM | | Weight Description: | | 0.027 | | Weight: | | 0.027 | | Period: | | Early Helladic | | Chronology: | | EH III, based on Wiencke 2000, Lerna 4, pp. 611–615. | | Bibliography: | | Blegen 1928, Zygouries, p. 101–103, fig. 88.4 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece |
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