Corinth Object: CP 311
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   CP 311
Title:   LATE HELLADIC IIIB1 SMALL JUG
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   CP
Object Number:   311
Description:   Small jug. Flat raised base. Globular body, sloping shoulder, short neck, slightly flaring lip. One vertical flat handle from rim to max. diameter. FS 114
Decoration:   Exterior slipped, polished and painted. Pair of wide horizontal bands below handle, one band at neck, one band at rim covers inside and out. Handle has a vertical band on top.
Material:   Fine clay
Munsell Color:   Surface 7.5 Yr 7/6 (reddish yellow), Paint 10 R 4/4 (weak red) to black
Condition:   Complete profile. 8 joining fragments preserve all of base, 2/3 of body, 2/3 of handle, 1/6 of rim
Manufacture:   WM
Dimensions Actual:   H. 0.087, Diam of base 0.035, max. Diam. 0.084
Dimensions Restored:   Diam. of rim 0.04
Period:   Late Helladic IIIA
Chronology:   date based on MDP
Area:   Korakou
Context:   NB81 B78 P235
Findspot Description:   "S II" written in pencil on bottom; ="small pitcher fr S II" in Corinth Pottery Inventory I (CWB), p. 57 no. 94
Bibliography:   Blegen 1921, p.67, fig. 96 no. 2; Rutter 1974, p. 388, no. 1; MDP fig. 121 no. 1
Site:   Korakou
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Blegen, Korakou; a prehistoric settlement ... 1921
Publication: Rutter, The late Helladic IIIB and IIIC ... 1974
Monument: Korakou
Images (5)
Basket: NB81 B78 P235