Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1962 720 | |
Title: | PYXIS LID | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1962 | |
Object Number: | 720 | |
Description: | Flat horizontal lid with wide groove near outer edge, ending in rounded lip; high domed center with rounded knob narrowing in stem in center; no flange. Interior and exterior covered with thin wheel grooves. | |
Decoration: | Two added-purple (over black) bands near edge on either side of wide groove; black circle around juncture of domed knob and lid; X-pattern of pairs of added-purple lines from knob to lid; top of knob originally glazed. | |
Material: | Fine very pale brown clay with rare medium white and dark inclusions | |
Munsell Color: | 10YR 8/4 (very pale brown) | |
Condition: | Complete profile. Several joining fragments; less than half preserved. | |
Manufacture: | WM | |
Dimensions Preserved: | Diam. 0.12, H. of Domed Knob 0.027 | |
Period: | Archaic (7th-6th c.) | |
Chronology: | 6th C. B.C.E. based on Pemberton 1989 | |
Area: | Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore | |
Context: | NB250 B4 P73, LOT 1985 | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Bibliography: | Pemberton 1989, Corinth 18.1, cat. 490 | |
Site: | Acrocorinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Pemberton, Corinth 18:1, 1989 Monument: Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore Basket: NB250 B4 P73 |