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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | Z 95 | | Title: | | MATT-PAINTED PITCHER | | Category: | | Miscellaneous | | Category Code: | | Z | | Object Number: | | 95 | | Description: | | Small jug of matt-painted ware, Class 1 (Blegen). Almost a bottle in shape. Stands on a flat bottom, with rounded body, high cylindrical neck, and a splaying rim. One fairly broad flat vertical handle grooved on its upper side. The flat bottom is not true, and the jug stands at an oblique angle. | | Decoration: | | Matt-painted decoration consists of two parallel bands along the body (at max diameter) and lower neck. In this zone a figure, done in broad ribbon lines and composed of a much simplified pair of connected spirals, is three times repeated. A broad band of paint along the outside of the rim and two lines down the top of the handle complete the decoration. Very worn. | | Material: | | Buff clay | | Condition: | | Complete or intact. Few body sherds missing, RIP | | Dimensions Actual: | | H: 0.13; Max D: 0.092; D of rim: 0.049 | | Period: | | Middle Helladic | | Findspot Description: | | Tomb I, Zygouries | | Bibliography: | | Zygouries, page 40, fig 124, page 130; page 131 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Publication: Blegen, Zygouries: a prehistoric settlement ... 1928
Image: bw 2004 027 18
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