Corinth Object: KP 1941
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KP 1941
Title:   EARLY PROTOCORINTHIAN PYXIS KNOB
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KP
Object Number:   1941
Description:   cilindrical shaft, conical inverted knob. Flat upper surface.
Decoration:   Slip brown to dark brown. Shaft and lower part of knob completely slipped. Upper surface decorated with concentric circles. On the undersurface a reddish-brown squiggle
Material:   clay
Munsell Color:   7.5 YR 8/4 (pink)
Condition:   Fragment. Complete profile of knob. Broken off from lid at the bad of the knob.. There is a crack on the knob and its edges have been chipped away
Dimensions Preserved:   Knob Diam. 0.005; H. 0.043
Period:   Protocorinthian (720-630)
Chronology:   Early Protocorinthian
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter. Northwest Angle deposit
Bibliography:   Stillwell & Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 176, p. 47 (cross reference only)
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Stillwell & Benson, Corinth 15:3, 1984
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