Corinth Object: CP 244
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   CP 244
Title:   EARLY HELLADIC II SAUCEBOAT
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   CP
Object Number:   244
Description:   Sauceboat. Small ring base, deep hemispherical body. Short spout rises slightly. One horizontal handle attached at back, triangular in section.
Decoration:   Exterior painted with Urfirnis, except the bottom of base and a reserved patch below handle.
Material:   Slightly gritty fine clay
Munsell Color:   Surface: varies from 10 YR 4/1 (dark gray) to 2.5 YR 5/6 (red), Core: 7.5 YR 7.4 (pink)
Condition:   Complete profile. 17 joining fragments preserve all of base, 3/4 of body, 2/3 of rim and spout, 1/4 of handle
Manufacture:   HM
Dimensions Actual:   H. (base to rim) 0.08
Dimensions Restored:   H. (to spout) 0.105, max. diam. 0.092, L. 0.125
Period:   Early Helladic
Chronology:   EH II - reference in Lerna vol. IV.II, p.586 to this vessel as a Type 1 sauceboat (Lerna III phase A or B)
Area:   Korakou
Context:   NB84 B106 P68
Findspot Description:   "J XII" in pencil on vessel; ="Sauceboat from J XII" in Corinth Pottery Inventory I (CWB), p. 11 no. 12
Bibliography:   Blegen 1921, p. 7, fig. 6
Site:   Korakou
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Blegen, Korakou; a prehistoric settlement ... 1921
Monument: Korakou
Images (5)
Basket: NB84 B106 P68