Corinth Object: KP 1169
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