Corinth Object: CP 208
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   CP 208
Title:   LATE HELLADIC IIB JUG WITH CUTAWAY NECK
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   CP
Object Number:   208
Description:   Jug with cutaway neck. Small flat base, body globular biconical. Fairly narrow neck, cutaway spout. One vertical round handle from back of spout to point of max. diameter. Slight ridge where neck and body join. FS 135
Decoration:   Exterior is slipped.
Material:   Fine but gritty buff clay
Munsell Color:   Surface 10 YR 6/6 (brownish yellow) to 10 YR 8/3 (very pale brown), Core 7.5 YR 7/2 (pinkish grey)
Condition:   Complete or intact. Intact except for small fragment of spout
Manufacture:   WM
Dimensions Actual:   H. 0.115, Diam of base 0.033, max. diam. 0.113
Period:   Late Helladic IIA
Chronology:   based on Furumark form
Area:   Korakou
Context:   NB84 B135 P85
Findspot Description:   "Grave II" in pencil on base; "pitcher [fr] Grave II" in Corinth Pottery Inventory I (CWB), p. 49 no. 25
Bibliography:   Blegen 1921, p.57, fig. 79 n. 2
Site:   Korakou
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Blegen, Korakou; a prehistoric settlement ... 1921
Monument: Korakou
Images (5)
Basket: NB84 B135 P85