Corinth Object: T 2780
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   T 2780
Title:   MIDDLE HELLADIC MATT-PAINTED CUP
Category:   Miscellaneous
Category Code:   T
Object Number:   2780
Description:   Cup with flaring disk foot with uneven resting surface. Ovoid body curving in to flaring rim with round to flat lip. Horizontal handle, square in section, set vetically on lip as a ring, reinforced below by thickened on rim to base, pierced horizontally by string hole.
Decoration:   Decoration in matt brown paint: stripe with festoons at max. diam. on body. Above, large zigzag with double lines, stripe on lip. Three stripes on interior of handle at base, group of bars at top.
Material:   Coarse greenish-yellow clay with numerous fine black inclusions.
Munsell Color:   Ca. 5Y 8/2
Condition:   Complete or intact. Intact.
Dimensions Actual:   H. to rim 0.080, H. 0.140, Diam. of base 0.044, Diam. of lip 0.082
Period:   Middle Helladic
Bibliography:   Davidson 1952, Corinth 13, cat. 8-1
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Blegen, et al. Corinth 13, 1964
Image: bw 2006 009 35