Corinth Object: Z 933
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   Z 933
Title:   CONICAL RHYTON
Category:   Miscellaneous
Category Code:   Z
Object Number:   933
Description:   Conical Rhyton (FF 54, FS 199). Similar to NM Inv. 6621=Prosymna-1002 (Blegen 1937, Prosymna, p. 235, fig. 518.1002).
Decoration:   Very dark brown Double Axe (FM 35, direct variant not attested by Furumark; most similar to no. 13 axe but with framing dots of no. 4), with broad dark brown band directly below, and filled dark brown register below. Similar to NM Inv. 6747 (Mountjoy 1999, Regionaly Mycenaean Decorated Pottery, pp. 93–94, fig. 15.55).
Material:   Very fine very pale brown clay with rare fine voids.
Munsell Color:   10YR 7/4 (very pale brown)
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving very small part of body.
Manufacture:   Minoanizing, Myc. Lustrous Decorated, LH I Style, WM
Weight Description:   0.019
Weight:   0.019
Period:   Late Helladic IIA
Chronology:   based on FM similarity to nos. 4 and 13 (Furumark 1941, Mycenaean Pottery, p. 327, fig 55) and direct comparanda for the motif to this date (NM Inv. 6747, Mountjoy 1999, Regionaly Mycenaean Decorated Pottery, pp. 93–94, fig. 15.55).
Bibliography:   Blegen 1928, Zyrougies, p. 136, fig 128.7
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece