Corinth Object: C 1962 780
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1962 780
Title:   POWDER-PYXIS LID
Category Code:   C
Year:   1962
Object Number:   780
Description:   Domed top; two molded rings near center, third near rim; projecting rounded rim with four grooves on upper surface. Slightly concave flange set in from rim with outward thickened bottom. Similar in shape to KP 764 but taller.
Decoration:   Interior reserved. Red above bottom rounded edge; wide zone of vertical strips between bands with dicing above. Band below rim. Added red on rim grooves and rings. Possible "worm" lines in added red on top. Added red over glaze fired red.
Material:   Fine reddis yellow clay with rare medium white and maroon inclusions
Munsell Color:   5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow)
Condition:   Complete or intact. Several joining fragments, mended and restored complete in plaster. Colors peeling and pattern obscured.
Manufacture:   WM
Dimensions Restored:   Diam at top 0.113, H. 0.084
Period:   Archaic (7th-6th c.)
Chronology:   Second half 6th c based on Pemberton 1989
Provenance:   Corinth
Bibliography:   Pemberton 1989, Corinth 18.1, cat. 487
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Pemberton, Corinth 18:1, 1989