| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Basket | |
| Name: | NB84 B119 P76 | |
| Area: | Korakou | |
| Category: | Basket/zembil | |
| Notebook: | 84 | |
| Context: | 119 | |
| Page: | 76 | |
| Date: | 1916/07/03 | |
| Stratum: | R, pit east of altar, VI, pithos burial (=R VI) | |
| Notes: | R VI 1.00- Begun [p. 79, 4 July 1916] R VI continued 1.00-1.30 Under the junction of walls (a) and (b) (page 3) we have found a small mattmalerei pithos cracked but apparently complete at a depth of ca. 1.10. Inside are small bones. It looks therefore as if we have an infant burial. The pithos lay on its side as discovered. Across top of it (which is toward east) there was originally a large bowl now fallen away to {N} side. One handle of the pithos is pushed up on north side against the bowl. The other handle in situ. The bones inside as they appear now are skull ribs and arm (or leg) bones. No apparent order except that head is near bottom. [MN: Pithos burial] [MN: in red pen CP 302-3] CP 302, CP 303 Tzonou-Herbst= Blegen 1921, p. 18, fig. 25, CP 302, small bowl of red monochrome ware, Middle Helladic period, Class A II, now stored in OM. Tzonou-Herbst= Blegen 1921, p. 21, fig. 28, CP 303, small pithos, Mattpainted Ware, Middle Helladic period, Class B I, now stored in PG, above cases. Photographs CWB film (K) exp. 6 [AddN: in ink CWB 135]. Pithos from S.W. 1/25 d 8 Exc film (old) {AddN: in ink K3] 1916 a exp 1. Same from same 1 sec. d 22 [exp 2 crossed out] same from NW 1 sec d 22 [exp 3 crossed out] pithos from NW 1/50 d 6.3 (shade) [MN applies to everything up to exp 3: 6 ft distant] exp 4 pithos from NW 1/50 d 11 (bright sun) [MN: K4] “ 5 same from NW after side of pithos was removed and bones pastrepsed. Shows two skulls inside pithos. Tzonou-Herbst= pastrepsed is a Greek word in an English form, παστρεύω means to clean up. We are taking out the pithos. exp 6. Same as 5 but from SW (one more chunk of pithos has been removed). There are two skulls in the pithos. One measures 0.14 long x 0.13 wide. Prob. of child ca. 6-8 yrs old. The other much smaller and very fragile crumbles at touch. Bones all disturbed in pithos and mixed up. Bones all in bad condition and do not hold together. The pithos is a fine Mattmalerei affair. The cover is a fine polished bowl “lustral style” of paint. | |
| Period: | Middle Helladic | |
| Site: | Korakou | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| Masl: | -1.3--1m. | |
| References: | Object: CP 302 Object: CP 303 Object: CP 330 |
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