| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | C 2002 40 | |
| Title: | GEOMETRIC AMPHORA | |
| EARLY GEOMETRIC OR MIDDLE GEOMETRIC I AMPHORA | ||
| Category Code: | C | |
| Year: | 2002 | |
| Object Number: | 40 | |
| Description: | Amphora with low flaring ring foot, broad flat resting surface, slightly rounded undersurface, tall ovoid body with max. Diam. at H. 0.115-0.12, narrow cylindrical neck with concave sides, flaring outward thickened rim with tapered lip, vertical strap handles attached below rim and on shoulder. | |
| Decoration: | Resting surface and undersurface reserved. Exterior black glazed from foot to below rim on interior, with reserved band at H. 0.13-0.15, with two reserved stripes flanking zigzag band, horizontal bars on handle back, underside of handle reserved. See W-14 (Corinth VII.1, p. 10, no. 23, pl. 3). | |
| Material: | Fine pale yellow clay fired light gray in the core with few small black, rare medium to very large lime inclusions, and few small voids. | |
| Munsell Color: | Surface: 2.5Y (pale yellow) 8/2, Core: 10YR 7/2 (light gray) | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Several joining frgts, almost all of foot except for half the undersurface, half of body, four fifths of neck, small part of rim, one complete handle and both handle attachments for second. Glaze largely worn. | |
| Manufacture: | WM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H. 0.310, Diam. of foot 0.090 | |
| Dimensions Restored: | Diam. of rim 0.110 | |
| Weight Description: | 1.090 | |
| Weight: | 1.090 | |
| Period: | Geometric (900/875-720) | |
| Middle Geometric (825-750) | ||
| Chronology: | Early Geometric or Middle Geometric I | |
| Area: | Panaghia south | |
| Context: | NB954 B29 P64 | |
| NB944 B93 P164 | ||
| NB944 B76 P138 | ||
| NB944 B92 P162 | ||
| NB954 B29 P64, LOT 2002 030 | ||
| LOT 2005 006 | ||
| LOT 2002 030 | ||
| LOT 2002 035 | ||
| NB972 B6 P19 | ||
| NB972 B7 P20 | ||
| NB972 B10 P25 | ||
| NB966 B88 P154 | ||
| NB972 B9 P24 | ||
| NB972 B8 P23 | ||
| NB972 B8 P23, LOT 2002 035 | ||
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Findspot Description: | Most of vessel comes from NB944 B92 (17 frgts), except for 1 sherd from B93, 1 from B76, and 1 from NB954 B29. More joining frgts from Well 2002 2 including 12 frgts from NB972 B6, 9 from B7, 3 from B8, 1 from B9, 1 from B10, and 2 from NB966 B88. | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Panaghia south Image: bw 2002 029 31 Image: bw 2005 022 21 Image: bw 2006 007 05 Baskets (10) Notebook Pages (4) |
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