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| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | CP 245 | |
| Title: | EARLY HELLADIC III PATTERNED WARE TANKARD | |
| Category: | Pottery | |
| Category Code: | CP | |
| Object Number: | 245 | |
| Description: | Tankard. Ovoid body reaches max. diameter just above base, body tapers to large outturned lip. Large vertical strap handle attached at point of max. diameter. | |
| Decoration: | Exterior slipped and painted. Lower set of four bands consists of (bottom to top) one plain band below handles,a pair of bands joined by short oblique strokes, one feathered band. Upper set of four bands at midbody consists of (bottom to top) one plain band, a pair of bands joining by a series of wide vertical bars, one plain band. Feathered band at base of neck, one plain band at rim. Handle has short horizontal bands across the upper part and the lower part has vertical lines. Interior of rim has three plain parallel bands. EH III Patterned Ware Style. Decoration identical to Lerna IV P 365. | |
| Material: | Fine hard clay | |
| Munsell Color: | Surface10 YR 7/6 (reddish yellow), Paint 7.5 YR 4/1 (dark grey) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. 11 fragments preserve none of base, 1/3 of body, 2/3 of one handle, 1/3 of rim | |
| Manufacture: | HM | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | max. p. H. 0.125 | |
| Dimensions Restored: | H. 0.155, Diam of rim 0.095, max. diam. 0.12 | |
| Period: | Early Helladic | |
| Chronology: | EH III - Lerna IV shape III.2 (medium); Lerna vol. III p. 286 | |
| Area: | Korakou | |
| Context: | NB81 B67 P229 | |
| Findspot Description: | "R VI" in pencil on vessel; ="Patterned Urf 2handled cup from R VI" in Corinth Pottery Inventory I (CWB), p. 11 no. 5 | |
| Bibliography: | Blegen 1921, p. 10, fig. 10 no. 2 | |
| Site: | Korakou | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Blegen, Korakou; a prehistoric settlement ... 1921 Monument: Korakou Images (5) Basket: NB81 B67 P229 |
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