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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | Z 295 | | Title: | | ASKOS | | Category: | | Miscellaneous | | Category Code: | | Z | | Object Number: | | 295 | | Description: | | Class B II (Glazed, completely covered ware) according to Blegen (Zygouries); Askos with flat handle, narrower, shorter and more sharply curgved than Z35, and is divided by a groove down the middle. The profile of the front does not follow a single curve from base to rim; it reaches a distinctly emphasized neck which rises almost vertically to the rim (0.038 m high opposite the handle). The mouth is almost a regular ellipse. The rim on either side of the handle slopes gradually upward until near the line of the major axis of the ellipse it forms a slight angle and continues horizontally. (Blegen, Zygouries, pg 95) | | Decoration: | | Reddish brown paint, not a uniform coat in thickness; the space beneath the handle is not painted, and the band along the inside of the rim is rather narrow. Fine brush marks are particularly noticeable in this thin glazem which still retains some lustre | | Material: | | Brick-red clay changing to buff at the surface | | Condition: | | Fragment. largely RIP, only upper half preserved | | Dimensions Actual: | | D from front to back: 0.115; D from side to side: 0.165; body D from front to back: 0.207; Body D from side to side: 0.205 | | Dimensions Restored: | | H: 0.202 | | Period: | | Early Helladic | | Findspot Description: | | House L, Zygouries | | Bibliography: | | Zygouries fig 83, page 95 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Publication: Blegen, Zygouries: a prehistoric settlement ... 1928
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