Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | CP 106 | |
Title: | LATE HELLADIC IIIB2-IIIC EARLY DEEP BOWL | |
Category: | Pottery | |
Category Code: | CP | |
Object Number: | 106 | |
Description: | Deep Bowl. Shallow raised ring foot. Ovoid body to almost vertical rim. Two horizontal round handles. FS 284, Group A. | |
Decoration: | Exterior has three painted horizontal bands: one at base, one at mid-body and a thin band at rim. Decorative zone between handles has an antithetic spiral pattern flanking a triglyph composed of two vertical wavy lines enclosed by pairs of straight vertical lines; similar to FM 50 #4. Handle has three splashes. Interior is slipped and has three horizontal painted bands: one at base (forms a ring), one at center and one below rim. | |
Material: | Fine hard buff clay, thin slip of pink buff to gray | |
Munsell Color: | Surface 2.5 Y 8/2 (white) to 7.5 YR 7/5 (pink/reddish yellow), Core 10 YR 7/3 (very pale brown), Paint 7.5 YR 4-5/4 (dark brown/brown) to black | |
Condition: | Complete profile. 21 joining fragments preserve 90% of base, 1/2 of body, 1/3 of rim, 1 handle | |
Dimensions Actual: | H. 0.133, Diam. of base 0.066 | |
Dimensions Restored: | Diam. of rim 0.15, max. diam. of body 0.155 | |
Period: | Late Helladic IIIC Early | |
Chronology: | LH IIIB-C Early; general shape and decoration are likely LH IIIB but could continue into LH IIIC Early | |
Area: | Korakou | |
Context: | Korakou, unknown | |
NB81 B23 P207 | ||
NB81 B35 P219 | ||
Findspot Description: | "inside megaron house SE corner E of threshold" in pencil on bottom; "bowl from under vestibule of house L" in Corinth Pottery Inventory I (CWB); based on description in Blegen's notebook this belongs in L II (cf. Rutter 1974 p. 131) | |
Bibliography: | Rutter 1974, p. 119 no. 9 | |
Site: | Korakou | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Rutter, The late Helladic IIIB and IIIC ... 1974 Monument: Korakou Images (4) Basket: Korakou, unknown Basket: NB81 B23 P207 Basket: NB81 B35 P219 |