Corinth Object: Z 921
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   Z 921
Title:   MH LH I BODY SHERD OF OPEN SHAPE
Category:   Miscellaneous
Category Code:   Z
Object Number:   921
Description:   A body sherd of an open shape.
Decoration:   Reddish slip, black curvilinear motif with red filling and possibly a sprial motif. Bichrome in style.
Material:   Fine Fabric with very rare white to black inclusions
Condition:   Fragment. 1 bichrome body sherd.
Manufacture:   Wheelmade
Period:   Late Helladic I (1650-1500 BC)
Chronology:   Blegen dates to MH in his Class III of Matt Painted Sherds. Bichrome pottery is (Mathioudaki 2014, Kramer 2004) a hallmark of the end of MH and LH I. in Absence of context it cannot be dated more precisely.
Bibliography:   Blegen 1928, Zygouries, p. 134–135, fig. 127.5
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece