Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | CP 254 | |
Title: | LATE HELLADIC III STIRRUP JAR | |
Category: | Pottery | |
Category Code: | CP | |
Object Number: | 254 | |
Description: | Stirrup Jar. Globular body, rounded shoulder, small tube-like spout. Narrow vertical oval strap handle and false spout. FS 167 or 173. | |
Decoration: | Exterior slipped and painted. On upper body, a pair of thick bands with a zone of wavy vertical lines in between (FM 53). Broad band around decorative zone on shoulder, unvoluted flower motif (FM 18:127). Single loop around spout and false neck bases. Handle painted solid on lower part. | |
Material: | Fine clay | |
Munsell Color: | Surface: 10 YR 8/6 (yellow) Core: 7.5 YR 7/4 (pink), Paint 2.5 YR 5/8 (red) to black | |
Condition: | Fragment. 6 joining fragments preserve 1/4 of body, 1/4 handle, 1/4 spout | |
Manufacture: | WM | |
Dimensions Preserved: | max. p. diam. 0.13, max. p. H. 0.065 | |
Chronology: | advanced LH IIIB or early LH IIIC (Rutter 1974 p. 378) | |
Area: | Korakou | |
Context: | NB81 B64 P229 | |
Findspot Description: | "R III" in pencil on interior; ="top of a bugelkannen from R III" in Corinth Pottery Inventory I (CWB), p. 56 no. 80 | |
Bibliography: | Rutter 1974 p. 362 no. 4 | |
Site: | Korakou | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Rutter, The late Helladic IIIB and IIIC ... 1974 Monument: Korakou Images (6) Basket: NB81 B64 P229 |