Corinth Object: CP 231
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   CP 231
Title:   LATE HELLADIC IIIB BASED ASKOS
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   CP
Object Number:   231
Description:   Based Askos. Shallow ring base, globular body with rounded shoulder. One vertical flattened handle attached at center of rim of pot and slightly down shoulder. Spout hole on axis of handle. FS 195
Decoration:   Exterior slipped and polished. Five evenly spaced thick painted band on body from base to shoulder, with two fine lines between the top two bands near shoulder. On shoulder on either side of spout and handle are single rows of joining lozenges (FM 73). Single loops around handle bases and spout. Back of handle painted solid.
Material:   Fine clay
Munsell Color:   Surface 5 YR 7/6 (reddish yellow), Paint 2.5 YR 3/4 (dark reddish brown)
Condition:   Complete profile. 20 joining fragments preserve all foot, 2/3 body, none of spout, all of handle
Manufacture:   WM
Dimensions Actual:   H. (to shoulder) 0.083, H. (to handle) 0.103, max. diam. 0.110 Diam of base 0.047
Chronology:   LH IIIB, based on Rutter 1974
Area:   Korakou
Context:   Korakou
Findspot Description:   "K II" on base in pencil; ="spouted closed bowl (false bugelkanne?) fr K II" in Corinth Pottery Inventory I (CWB), p. 57 no. 96
Bibliography:   Blegen 1921, p. 67, fig. 97 no. 2; Furumark 1941A FS 195.4; Rutter 1974, p. 404-6 no. 5
Site:   Korakou
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Blegen, Korakou; a prehistoric settlement ... 1921
Publication: Furumark, The Chronology of Mycenaean Po... 1941
Publication: Rutter, The late Helladic IIIB and IIIC ... 1974
Monument: Korakou
Image: bw 1986 049 11
Basket: Korakou