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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | Z 925 | | Title: | | LATE HELLADIC I CLOSED SHAPE BODY SHERD | | Category: | | Miscellaneous | | Category Code: | | Z | | Object Number: | | 925 | | Description: | | A bodysherd from a closed shape, likely somewhat globular, possibly jug/juglet. It is Mycenaean Lustrous Painted in decoration. | | Decoration: | | Lustrous Paint. Red. 3 horiizontal bands with unfilledcricles between lower two bands. The motif is FM 41, circles. | | Material: | | Fine Clay,pink buff, very rare white small inclusions | | Munsell Color: | | 5 YR 8/4 pink | | Condition: | | Fragment. One Body sherd | | Manufacture: | | Wheelmade | | Period: | | Late Helladic I (1650-1500 BC) | | Chronology: | | Blegen dates this sherd MH based on MM III parallels. Redated here to LH I since it is clearly Mycenaean decorated. The unfilled circle motif according to Furumark 1941 fig. 57, only occurs in LH I, giving this as our date. | | Bibliography: | | Blegen 1928, Zygouries, p. 134–135, fig. 127.9 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece |
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