Corinth Object: Z 813
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   Z 813
Title:   EARLY HELLADIC II COARSE STORAGE JAR
Category:   Miscellaneous
Category Code:   Z
Object Number:   813
Description:   Coarse ware (Blegen's Class E, no 6). Raised base of uncertain storage vessel.
Decoration:   Mat-impressed base of probable split twines weave (Carington Smith 1977, in Keos I, pp. 119–120, 124, pl. 46.g). Similar to Coleman 1977, Keos I, pl. 91.c.. Slipped monochrome interior and exterior..
Material:   Coarse reddish yellow clay with common small black round inclusions and rare small voids.
Munsell Color:   Outer core: 5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow); inner core: 10YR 7/2 (very pale brown); interior: 10R 5/4 (weka red); exterior: 10R 5/6 (red)
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving part of base and part of lower body.
Manufacture:   Mat-impressed, HM
Weight Description:   0.136
Weight:   0.136
Period:   Early Helladic
Chronology:   EH II, based on Rutter 1995, Lerna 3, p. 634 and Carington Smith 1977, in Keos I, pp. 122–124.
Bibliography:   Blegen 1928, Zygouries, p. 116–117, fig. 109.2
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Blegen, Zygouries: a prehistoric settlement ... 1928