Collection: | | Corinth |
Type: | | Object |
Name: | | Z 909 |
Title: | | MIDDLE HELLADIC/ LATE HELLADIC I JUG/JAR NECK |
Category: | | Miscellaneous |
Category Code: | | Z |
Object Number: | | 909 |
Description: | | Two joining sherds that form what is clearly the neck of a closed shape, most likely a jug. |
Decoration: | | Mattpainted horizontal bands around neck with dots and flying V motif between them |
Material: | | Green Buff unslipped clay. Rare white and black inclusions and few angular voids. |
Munsell Color: | | 10 YR 8/3 V Pale Brown |
Condition: | | Fragment. 2 joining sherds |
Manufacture: | | Handmade, coils visible. |
Period: | | Late Helladic I (1650-1500 BC) |
Chronology: | | This is a Blegen Class 2 Matt Painted sherd. It could be as late as LH I, based on Davis 1979 parallels from Korakou. |
Bibliography: | | Blegen 1928, Zygouries, p. 131–133, fig. 126.5 |
Site: | | Corinth |
City: | | Ancient Corinth |
Country: | | Greece |