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| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | CP 297 | |
| Title: | EARLY HELLADIC II HYDRIA | |
| Category: | Pottery | |
| Category Code: | CP | |
| Object Number: | 297 | |
| Description: | Hydria. Small flat base, globular body, two large horizontal lug handles, triangular in section, pierced vertically, attached in middle of body. | |
| Decoration: | Exterior painted (paint 7.5 YR 5/3 (brown) to black) monochrome. | |
| Material: | Medium fine gray buff clay with large black grit. | |
| Munsell Color: | Surface: between 10 YR 7.5/3 (very pale brown) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. 72 joining fragments preserve all of base, 2/3 of body | |
| Manufacture: | HM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | D. base 0.10, D. max. 0.37 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.315 | |
| Dimensions Restored: | H. 0.369 | |
| Period: | Early Helladic | |
| Chronology: | EH II - referenced in Lerna vol. IV as a parallel to Lerna III type 6 hydria | |
| Area: | Korakou | |
| Context: | NB83 B173 P54 | |
| Findspot Description: | nothing written on vase; ="Water Jar from North Alley XI" in Corinth Pottery Inventory I (CWB), p. 11 no. 4, but "XI" is probably a mistake for "VI", since this entry is labelled S4; in NB 85, p. 160, photo S4 is "U.f. water jug fr. North Alley VI" | |
| Bibliography: | Blegen 1921, p. 8, fig. 8 | |
| Site: | Korakou | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Blegen, Korakou; a prehistoric settlement ... 1921 Monument: Korakou Image: digital 2015 2695 Image: digital 2015 2696 Basket: NB83 B173 P54 |
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