Corinth Object: C 1962 720 | 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
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