Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | KP 1686 | |
Title: | SMALL PYXIS | |
Category: | Pottery | |
Category Code: | KP | |
Object Number: | 1686 | |
Description: | Small pyxis with false ring foot with central disc on underside, globular body, and almost vertical collared rim with tapered lip. Round, loop handles attached to shoulder and oriented nearly vertically. Base uneven, body slightly misshapen. | |
Decoration: | Possibly burnished. | |
Material: | Fine very pale brown clay with rare small inclusions and rare small voids | |
Munsell Color: | 10YR 8/3 (very pale brown) | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Ten joining frgts preserving 70% of rim and body. Base complete. One handle mostly missing. Some gouges on surface. Chipping at base. | |
Manufacture: | WM | |
Period: | Classical | |
Chronology: | 2nd half of the 5th c. B.C. or later (Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, p. 212) | |
Area: | Potters' Quarter | |
Context: | NB114 P84 | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory, Deposit 8. | |
Bibliography: | Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, p. 319, cat. 1812 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter Image: bw 1965 081 12 Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 48 (pp. 84 - 85) |