Corinth Object: KP 1257
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KP 1257
Title:   LATE GEOMETRIC PYXIS LID
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KP
Object Number:   1257
Description:   Slightly convex lid with vertical rim
Decoration:   Exterior covered in slip (fired dark brown); reserved band on top where lid surface joins rim; halfway between rim and center, 2 concentric circles in added white with pattern of 8 sigmas. Interior unglazed.
Material:   clay
Munsell Color:   10 YR 8/3 (very pale brown)
Condition:   Fragment. Single frag preserving small portion of rim
Dimensions Actual:   Diam. 0.150; 0.005
Period:   Late Geometric (750-720)
Area:   Potters' Quarter
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter
Bibliography:   Stillwell & Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 91, p. 31
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Stillwell & Benson, Corinth 15:3, 1984
Monument: Potters' Quarter
Image: bw 6272