Corinth Object: CP 3297
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   CP 3297
Title:   MINYAN SHALLOW TWO-HANDLED BOWL
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   CP
Object Number:   3297
Old Number:   Gonia-034
Description:   Small bowl with vertical ring foot, narrow resting surface; on undersurface, a ring of gouges articulating foot from flat undersurface, with flat raised wedge of clay in center. Straight flaring body rising at ca. 20 degrees to max. diam. at ca. 00.034, then turning sharply inward with straight profile to base of rim at H00.051, straight flaring rim W00.015 with round lip, which projects slightly on upper surface. Two tiny vertical strap handles, attached to max. diam., then folded down onto shoulder.
Decoration:   Matt brown paint (?) over all, but worn away on interior.
Material:   Fine light gray-brown clay with frequent tiny black, white inclusions, some sparkling, occasional voids.
Munsell Color:   Near 10YR 5.5/3
Condition:   Complete profile. Three joining frgts., complete profile; complete bowl except for ca. 1/4 body, ca. 1/2 rim; one handle preserved, trace of second; part of resting surface of foot chipped. Nearly wholly RIP.
Manufacture:   WM?
Dimensions Actual:   H00.067-00.061 D00.068 (foot) D00.16 (max. body)
Dimensions Restored:   D00.175-00.185 (rim)
Period:   Middle Helladic
Chronology:   Middle Helladic
Area:   Gonia
Context:   Gonia, (No penciled notation of location, or whether from
Provenance:   Corinth ?
Site:   Gonia
City:   Hexamilia
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Gonia
Basket: Gonia, (No penciled notation of location, or whether from