Corinth Object: CP 254
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