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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | Z 970 | | Title: | | MYCENAEAN CYLINDRICAL CUP (VAPHEIO) | | Category: | | Miscellaneous | | Category Code: | | Z | | Object Number: | | 970 | | Description: | | Cylindrical Cup ("Vapheio" Cup) (FF 62, FF 225, no. 4) : slightly concave and slightly tappering, flat bottom, broad central rib. Similar to Furtwaengler and Loeschcke 1886, Mykenische Vasen, p. 17, pl. X.65. | | Decoration: | | Dark reddish brown "Sacral Ivy" (FM 12, no. 16) repeateding on upper sand lower registers with pale brown, slipped field. Dark reddish solid bands: broad, on central rib; broad, int. and ext. rim; thin, framing bottom of lower register; broad, bottom of body to base; broad, circular band outter edge, bottom of base; thin, circular band, bottom of base. | | Material: | | Very fine pink clay without inclusions or voids. | | Munsell Color: | | Core: 5YR 7/4 (pink); field: 2.5YR 7/4 (pale brown); decoration: 5YR 3/4 (dark reddish brown) | | Condition: | | Missing parts. Ten joining frgts., preserving ca. 30% of vessel and entire profile except handle. Some areas discolored by post-depositional fire. Slip flaked off in places. Slight encrustation on surface. | | Manufacture: | | Mycenaean Lustrous Decorated, WM | | Weight Description: | | 0.140 | | Weight: | | 0.140 | | Period: | | Late Helladic IIIA1 | | Chronology: | | LH IIIA1, based on Furumark 1941, Mycenaean Pottery, p. 271–272, 623 | | Bibliography: | | Blegen 1928, Zygouries, p. 138–139, fig. 130.1 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece |
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