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A Well of the "Corinthian" Period Found in Corinth
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Brann, Eva T. H. |
| Copyright Year | 1956 |
| Abstract | ? 5HIS paper' presents the contents of a well found in the excavations at Corinth in 1953. It was located in the southwest of the Corinthian Agora within the area of the later " Tavern of Aphrodite " and just north of the line of the still later South Stoa. No architectural remains were immediately associated with it, but it lay within the walls of an enclosure of the late sixth century B.C. The well was probably dug during the construction of this open precinct and immediately filled in when the well-diggers failed to find water. It was noted in Hesperita, XXII, 1953, pp. 135-136; on the plan, ibid., p. 132, it is the well that cuts the grave.2 The pottery which was dumped in to fill the shaft, probably household rubbish collected from the vicinity, covers a period from about 600 to 540 B.C., but the bulk of the material is of the late first and second quarter of the sixth century B.C. Though the sixth-century products of the Corinthian Kerameikos are well known from sites all over the Mediterranean, there is a gap in this period in the published pottery from its home. The Middle and Late Corinthian groups (ca. 600 to 550 B.C.) published in Corinth, VII, i 3 are very incomplete, especially in regard to the cheaper fine ware. One other large published group (M. T. Campbell, " A Well of the Black-Figured Period at Corinth," Hesperia, VII, 1938, pp. 557 if.) dates after the end of the Corinthian period when Attic pottery was in undisputed possession of the market. Other groups are only partially published. The present well group makes a beginning toward filling the gap in the first half of the century. |
| Starting Page | 350 |
| Ending Page | 350 |
| Page Count | 1 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.2307/147093 |
| Volume Number | 25 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/uploads/media/hesperia/147093.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.2307/147093 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
