Corinth Object: Z 947
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   Z 947
Title:   MYCENAEAN STIRRUP JAR (FALSE-NECKED JAR)
Category:   Miscellaneous
Category Code:   Z
Object Number:   947
Description:   Strirrup jar (False-necked jar) (FF 46).
Decoration:   Red slip tricurved arch (FM 62) on very fine pink upper shoulder register, above one thick and at least four thin horizontal bands. Solid red band around base of false-spout. External side of stirups clearnly meant to be monochrom fill, but poorly exectued or mottled intentionally ffor effect. Isolated Spiral (FM 52) on top of disc of false-spout.
Material:   Very fine pink clay with no inclusions.
Munsell Color:   7.5YR 7/3–8/3 (pink)
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving half of handle zone, false-spout, both stirrup handles.
Manufacture:   Mattpainted, HW
Weight Description:   0.084
Weight:   0.084
Period:   Late Helladic IIIA2
Chronology:   based on excavator's original conjecture (Blegen 1928, Zygouries, p. 138–139, fig. 130). No exact FM 62 type attested to aid in dating, not enough is preserved to understand the shape of the body to determine a FS for dating.
Area:   Zygouries
Context:   NB987 P58
Bibliography:   Blegen 1928, Zygouries, p. 138–139, fig. 130.2
Site:   Zygouries
City:   Agios Basilios
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Zygouries