Corinth Object: CP 230
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   CP 230
Title:   LATE HELLADIC IIIC LATE DEEP BOWL
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   CP
Object Number:   230
Description:   Deep bowl group A (FS 285) with vertical ring foot, flat undersurface, flat resting surface, pared exterior face of foot, ovoid body with maximum diameter above the median of the body, becomes vertical in handle zone and turns out to flaring rounded lip. Two horizontal loop handles round in section attached at 45 degree angle at two thirds of height from foot.
Decoration:   Exterior is slipped and painted. Foot and band around it reserved, thick black painted band below handles, handle zone reserved with a careless red to black horizontal wavy band (FM 53) starting from handle, wide red to black band around rim above handles; handles have three splashes, splashes on handle roots extended to touch band below handles. Interior monochrome except for reserved line on rim.
Material:   Fine yellow clay fired pink at core with few large to very large sperical rounded and angular black, rare tabular angular red, rare small sparkling inclusions, and rare medium spherical rounded voids.
Munsell Color:   Surface: 10YR 7/6 (yellow), Core: 5YR 7/4 (pink), Paint: 2.5YR 4/8 (red) to 7.5YR 2.5/1(black)
Condition:   Complete profile. Three joining fragments preserve all of foot, two thirds of body, two thirds of rim, one handle, both attachments of second handle. Paint worn, wavy band and part of thick band below handles scraped off on one half of one side. Restored in plaster.
Manufacture:   WM
Dimensions Actual:   H. 0.104, Diam. of rim 0.132, Diam. of foot 0.047
Weight Description:   0.320 (with plaster restoration) 0.256 (without plaster)
Weight:   0.320
    0.256
Period:   Late Helladic IIIC Late
Chronology:   Based on Rutter 1974 and RMDP.
Area:   Korakou
Context:   NB84 B123 P80
Findspot Description:   "X IV" in pencil on undersurface of foot; "Bowl w 2 handles from X IV" in C.W. Blegen, Korakou-Pottery Notes, p. 57, no. 87.
Bibliography:   Rutter 1974, p. 419, no. 1.
Site:   Korakou
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Rutter, The late Helladic IIIB and IIIC ... 1974
Monument: Korakou
Image: bw 2004 019 17
Basket: NB84 B123 P80