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 |