Corinth Object: Z 928
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   Z 928
Title:   LATE HELLADIC I SHALLOW SEMI-GLOBULAR CUP ("TEA CUP")
Category:   Miscellaneous
Category Code:   Z
Object Number:   928
Description:   LH I shallow (FS 218) semi-globular cup ("tea cup") (FF 58) with everted rim. Similar to Tiryns Mus. Inv. 27,833 (Mountjoy 1999, Regional Mycenaean Decorated Pottery, p. 93–94, fig. 15.57.).
Decoration:   Dark brown Running Spiral (FM 46, no. 10) on very pale brown field. Broad, horizontal, dark brown band on exterior and interior of lip. Similar to Tiryns Mus. Inv. 27,833 (Mountjoy 1999, Regional Mycenaean Decorated Pottery, p. 93–94, fig. 15.57.).
Material:   Very fine very pale brown clay without inclusions or voids.
Munsell Color:   10YR 7/3 (very pale brown)
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving ca. 1/5 of rim and upper body. Slight encrustation on surface.
Manufacture:   Minoanizing, Mycenaean Lustrous Decorated, LH I Style
Weight Description:   0.0105
Weight:   0.0105
Period:   Late Helladic I (1650-1500 BC)
Chronology:   LH I. LH I or LH IIA based on shape and motif, Furumark 1941, Mycenaean Pottery, pp. 48, 353, 358, 621. 396–397. LH I based on excavator's reported context (Blegen 1928, Zyrougies, p. 135–136, fig 128.2.)
Context:   NB988 P46
Bibliography:   Blegen 1928, Zyrougies, p. 135–136, fig 128.2
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece