Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Basket | |
Name: | NB81 B53 P226 | |
Area: | Korakou | |
Category: | Basket/zembil | |
Notebook: | 81 | |
Context: | 53 | |
Page: | 226 | |
Date: | 1915/06/08 | |
Stratum: | Trench P IX | |
Notes: | P IX 1.85-2.05. Some poor Urfirnis and one of which many pieces are preserved - good Urfirnis with incised decoration, a terracotta spindle whorl. [p. 227, 9 June 1915] In N. scarp of trench P, a curious bothros (?) appears. It is 2.00 below ground to top of bothros, which is 0.90 high (outside measurements) and ca. 0.70 in diam. Inside it is 0.80 high. Seems to be made of clay greenish in color av. ca. 0.03 thick on sides and 0.10 on bottom. Rests on a hard pavement of reddish clay. Inside is a good deal of wood ashes and coal and some pot sherds appear. These belong [p. 228] to P IX in level. I tried 2 photographs in the pit. Film E 3 & 4. The bothros has a distinct lip. In section looks like this [section drawing of bothros] Tzonou-Herbst= reproduced in Blegen 1921, page 76, figure 109. [p. 362] P IX 1.85-2.05 bothros belongs here Chiefly coarse ware much of it covered with a poor thin coat of Urfirnis. Remains of a good sized pithos with a raised band of rope pattern. Many sherds from two or more storage jars (Urfirnis). 28 sherds of polished black surface Minyan 2 sherds Loom weight or whorl 1 of baked clay ca. 0.05 high and 0.055 wide. Rather squat shape. Coarse red buff clay. Small pot with incised decoration - polished brown surface. There may have been an Urfirnis slip (?) The pot is 0.105 high has a wide mouth and long neck, body is low and small (0.045) not much wider than mouth. Fairly thin fabric. [sketch of pot ½ size] amphora like handles both broken off incised decoration 2 parallel lines enclosing row of cuneiform incisions Tzonou-Herbst=Blegen 1921, p. 14, fig. 17, Goblet with incised decoration (possibly imported from Olympia), Early Helladic Period, Group F. Now stored in the Old Museum. CP 132 | |
Period: | Early Helladic | |
Site: | Korakou | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
Masl: | -2.05--1.85m. | |
References: | Object: CP 132 Object: CP 136 Object: CP 298 |