| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | Z 407 | |
| Title: | BRAZIER | |
| Category: | Miscellaneous | |
| Category Code: | Z | |
| Object Number: | 407 | |
| Description: | Brazier- in shape it resembles shallow basins, one side of which has been bent violently inward and upward, and at the same time provided with a heavy handle, which projects like a leg straight outward and downward behind. The purpose of the downward slope was here to give support so that the vessel might stand on its small flat base; but the execution was in all instances faulty, as a result of which the end of the handle and the base do not exactly agree in level. There are regularly two or three small holes along the handle and a large one- for suspension- near its end. The high turned-back side of the brazier at the base of the handle has a very practical purpose, as it protected the hand of the person holding the vessel from the heat of the burning charcoal within. | |
| Decoration: | None | |
| Material: | Brick-red clay, buff slip | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H at back: 0.092; H at front: 0.074; D (side to side): 0.243; L of handle: 0.168 | |
| Weight Description: | 0.780 (without plaster) | |
| Weight: | 0.780 | |
| Period: | Late Helladic III | |
| Findspot Description: | Room 13, Potter's Shop, Zygouries | |
| Bibliography: | Zygouries fig 156 right, page 160; page 161 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Blegen, Zygouries: a prehistoric settlement ... 1928 Image: bw 2008 068 34 |