Corinth Object: CP 299
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   CP 299
Title:   SMALL COARSE PITHOS
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   CP
Object Number:   299
Description:   Pithos. Flat base, ovoid body, maximum diameter at shoulder, outturned rounded lip. Knobs set around shoulder of vessel just below rim.
Decoration:   Surface smoothed.
Material:   Very coarse gritty clay
Munsell Color:   Surface: 5 YR 5/4 (reddish brown) to 10 YR 5/2 (grayish brown) Core: 10 YR 6/2 (light brownish gray)
Condition:   Complete profile. 65 joining fragments preserve 2/3 of base, 3/4 of body, 1/6 of rim, 3 handle attachments
Manufacture:   HM
Dimensions Actual:   H. 0.25, Max. diam. 0.25, Diam. of base 0.08
Period:   Middle Helladic
Chronology:   based on Day
Area:   Korakou
Context:   NB84 B188 P120
Findspot Description:   ="small pithos from minyan house under House F" in Corinth Pottery Inventory I (CWB), p. 30 no. 12 or no. 13 ("another pithos from same general region also small")
Bibliography:   Blegen 1921, p. 32, fig 46.1
Site:   Korakou
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Blegen, Korakou; a prehistoric settlement ... 1921
Monument: Korakou
Image: bw 2004 021 19
Basket: NB84 B188 P120