Corinth Object: KP 1239
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KP 1239
Title:   LATE GEOMETRIC PYXIS
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KP
Object Number:   1239
Description:   Benson calls this a pyxis, but it could also be a flat-bottomed oinochoe. Flat base with vertical (slighly flaring walls)
Decoration:   Exterior, pattern of medium-size horizontal bands; interior, slight traces of light brownish slip?/ encrustation?
Material:   clay
Munsell Color:   10 YR 7/4 (very pale brown)
Condition:   Fragment. 4 joining fragments of base (c. 1/3 circumfrence)
Dimensions Actual:   Th. 0.004
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.041
Dimensions Restored:   Projected diam. Base 0.08
Period:   Late Geometric (750-720)
Chronology:   Late Geometric
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter Northwest Angle Deposit
Bibliography:   Stillwell & Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 88, p. 30
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Stillwell & Benson, Corinth 15:3, 1984