Corinth Object: C 1962 696
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1962 696
Title:   POWDER-PYXIS BOWL
Category Code:   C
Year:   1962
Object Number:   696
Description:   Flat resting surface with a groove at center and at outer edge. Short vertical wall inset from rounded ledge.
Decoration:   Interior has central glaze circle and glaze band with added red on outer edge and top of wall. Exterior has red and black line on wall, red band on lip. Resting surface has added red glaze on outer edge, in and surrounding groove line. Black band midway and central glaze center in groove.
Material:   Fine pink clay with rare medium to large white and red inclusions.
Munsell Color:   7.5YR 8/4 (pink)
Condition:   Complete or intact. Resting surface fully preserved and wall preserved with two areas worn away.
Manufacture:   WM
Dimensions Actual:   Diam. 0.075, Diam. of inner flange 0.061, H. 0.031
Period:   Archaic (7th-6th c.)
Chronology:   6th c. based on Pemberton 1989
Area:   Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore
Context:   NB250 B6 P64, LOT 1985
Provenance:   Corinth
Bibliography:   Pemberton 1989, Corinth 18.1, cat. 486
Site:   Acrocorinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Pemberton, Corinth 18:1, 1989
Monument: Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore
Basket: NB250 B6 P64