Corinth Object: CP 253
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   CP 253
Title:   MIDDLE HELLADIC MINYAN BOWL
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   CP
Object Number:   253
Description:   Minyan Bowl. Flat base, slightly raised, slightly flaring; body ovoid; small smightly offset rim; Two horizontal pierced lug handles attached at point of maximum diameter.
Decoration:   Surface is slipped and burnished in and out, black in color, very fine, smooth surface
Material:   Coarse gritty red-brown clay
Condition:   Complete profile. Mended from 22 sherds. Complete except for one large patch and several tiny matches of rim and body which R.I.P.
Dimensions Actual:   H 0.15; Diam (rim) 0.152; Diam (max) 0.172; Diam (base) 0.077
Period:   Middle Helladic
Area:   Korakou
Context:   NB85 B1 P100
Findspot Description:   ="black polished jar from West Lane VI" in Corinth Pottery Inventory I (CWB), p. 30 no. 11
Bibliography:   Blegen 1921, fig 24, p. 18
Site:   Korakou
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Blegen, Korakou; a prehistoric settlement ... 1921
Monument: Korakou
Image: bw 1971 008 25
Image: bw 1979 066 25
Basket: NB85 B1 P100