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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | Z 575 | | Title: | | PITHOS | | Category: | | Miscellaneous | | Category Code: | | Z | | Object Number: | | 575 | | Description: | | Coarse ware (class D) according to Blegen (Zygouries). Pithos. Stands on small, well-shaped raised base. Flat rim, no handles but rather more than two thirds of the way up from the bottom are four large bosses, not very symmetrically spaced around the pithos. These bosses are roughly made and no doubt facilitate the lifting of the pithos by preventing a rope from slipping when tied around the body. | | Decoration: | | None | | Material: | | Pink clay, lightening to buff at surface | | Condition: | | Complete or intact. Some bits of body and rim missing, RIP | | Dimensions Actual: | | H: 0.91; Max D: 0.66; Base D: 0.155; Rim W: 0.04; Rim D: 0.41; Bosses project 0.025 to 0.03; Boss D: 0.05 to 0.06. | | Period: | | Early Helladic | | Findspot Description: | | House of the Pithoi (second in row counting from right), east wall of great room | | Bibliography: | | Zygouries, page 11-12, Figure 10, second in row counting from right; Figure 111, page 119; page 119 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Publication: Blegen, Zygouries: a prehistoric settlement ... 1928
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