Corinth Object: Z 88
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   Z 88
Title:   DIPPER/SCOOP WITH HIGH HANDLE
Category:   Miscellaneous
Category Code:   Z
Object Number:   88
Description:   Cup with single high handle. Made of simple bowl on a flat base, with a huge broad, ridged handle extending in a loop high above the rim on one side. The weight of the handle makes it impossible for the cup to stand on its base; perhaps it was hung up by the loop. String marks appear on the bottom showing how the vessel was cut from the wheel when shaped.
Decoration:   None.
Material:   Pinkish gray clay
Condition:   Complete or intact. Reconstructed from many pieces
Dimensions Actual:   H: 0.066; H w/ handle: 0.138; D lengthwise: 0.135; D crosswise: 0.123; W of handle: 0.035
Period:   Late Helladic III
Findspot Description:   Room 12, Potter's Shop, Zygouries
Bibliography:   Zygouries page 153; fig 144 right, page 154
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Blegen, Zygouries: a prehistoric settlement ... 1928
Image: bw 2004 024 28