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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | Z 375 | | Title: | | AMPHORA | | Category: | | Miscellaneous | | Category Code: | | Z | | Object Number: | | 375 | | Description: | | Amphora. The body has a shape very closely resembling that of the smaller stirrup vases. The place of the stirrup handle is taken by a high cylindrical neck. From the rim of which two powerful round handles curve down to the shoulder of the vessel. The mouth is roughly elliptical in form, though whether this was intentional or merely accidental is not clear. The heavy handles are perforated at the top by a single vertical hole, at the bottom by a horizontal hole, both small. | | Decoration: | | None | | Material: | | Light buff clay | | Condition: | | Complete profile. One handle, some of body and rim missing, RIP | | Dimensions Actual: | | H: 0.375; Max D: 0.328; D of base: 0.104; mouth D: 0.118 to 0.108 | | Period: | | Late Helladic III | | Findspot Description: | | Room 13, Potter's Shop, Zygouries | | Bibliography: | | Zygouries page 163; fig 158, page 163 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Publication: Blegen, Zygouries: a prehistoric settlement ... 1928
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