Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | KP 1169 | |
Title: | LATE CORINTHIAN III CONVEX PYXIS RIM & BODY | |
Category: | Pottery | |
Category Code: | KP | |
Object Number: | 1169 | |
Description: | Low, flat rim. Flat shoulder. | |
Decoration: | Black paint, partly worn off leaving brown stain and applied purple. Z-meander on rim between lines. On shoulder, chain of opposed diagonal palmettes joined by thin ogival lines. Group of alternately black and purple circumf. Lines at edge of shoulder. On body, chain of alternating lotoses and palmettes. Small spirals at bases of palmettes. | |
Material: | Hard, light yellow clay | |
Munsell Color: | 10YR 8/3 | |
Condition: | Fragment. Upper-body fragment | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H 0.04 | |
Dimensions Restored: | D 0.1 | |
Period: | Late Corinthian | |
Chronology: | Late Corinthian III according to Benson | |
Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. | |
Bibliography: | Stillwell & Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 1048, p. 198 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Stillwell & Benson, Corinth 15:3, 1984 Image: bw 1965 073 13 |