Corinth Object: CP 134
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   CP 134
Title:   EARLY HELLADIC IIA SAUCEBOAT
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   CP
Object Number:   134
Description:   Sauceboat. Small ring base. Slightly ovoid body reaches maximum diameter beneath midpoint. Vertical tapered lip. Long high spout (although is restored). One veticla flattened handle with a groove down the center attached below rim and below mid-body. Similar to Lerna IV, vol. 2, type 3 sauceboat.
Decoration:   Exterior is finely slipped.
Material:   Very fine hard buff clay
Munsell Color:   Surface 7.5 YR 7/5 (pink-reddish yellow)
Condition:   Complete profile. 26 joining fragments preserve 3/4 of base, 1/2 of body, 1/3 rim, 1/4 of spout, 3/4 of handle
Manufacture:   HM
Dimensions Actual:   H. to spout 0.14, L. spout to handle 0.16, max. W. 0.10, Diam of base 0.037
Weight Description:   0.090 (without plaster)
Weight:   0.090
Period:   Early Helladic
Chronology:   EH IIA late, cf. Lerna III (phase C late) in Lerna IV, vol 2
Area:   Korakou
Context:   Korakou, unknown
Findspot Description:   no findspot recorded on vessel; ="Spouted bowl from edge of bluff" in Corinth Pottery Inventory I (CWB), p. 11 no. 6
Bibliography:   Blegen 1921, p.6, fig. 4
Site:   Korakou
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Blegen, Korakou; a prehistoric settlement ... 1921
Monument: Korakou
Image: bw 2004 020 28
Basket: Korakou, unknown