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| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | CP 223 | |
| Title: | LATE HELLADIC IIA VAPHEIO CUP | |
| Category: | Pottery | |
| Category Code: | CP | |
| Object Number: | 223 | |
| Description: | Vapheio cup. Flat base, lower body almost cylindrical, upper body is rounded and flaring, vertical tapered lip. One vertical handle attached at rim and 1/3 of way down body. Rim is slightly pressed inward where handle is attached. FS 224 type 3 | |
| Decoration: | Exterior is slipped and painted. One band at base, one band 1/3 of way up body, pair of bands belwo decorative zone at shoulder. Main zone has two parallel horizontal lines (FM 53 wavy line), on one side the wavy lines overlap to form a kind of chain. Rim is painted on interior and exterior. | |
| Material: | Soft light orange clay | |
| Munsell Color: | Surface: 7.5 YR 8/6 (reddish yellow) Core: 5 YR 7/6 (reddish yellow), Paint 10 R 5/6 (red) | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. 7 joining fragments, complete except 10% of base and 2 chips from rim | |
| Manufacture: | WM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H. 0.082, Diam of rim 0.102 | |
| Period: | Late Helladic II | |
| Chronology: | based on shape, but could be LH I because of unslipped interior | |
| Area: | Korakou | |
| Context: | NB83 B113 P37 | |
| NB83 B107 P34 | ||
| Findspot Description: | assigned by Day to EA IX, but nothing written on it | |
| Bibliography: | Blegen 1921, p. 41, fig. 55 | |
| Site: | Korakou | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Blegen, Korakou; a prehistoric settlement ... 1921 Monument: Korakou Images (5) Basket: NB83 B107 P34 Basket: NB83 B113 P37 |
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