Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | KP 2165 | |
Title: | LATE GEOMETRIC TALL PYXIS | |
Category: | Pottery | |
Category Code: | KP | |
Object Number: | 2165 | |
Description: | Tall pyxis. Low lip forming sharp angle with shoulder; vert sides, curving in at bottom of preserved fragment. | |
Decoration: | Red brown paint partly flaked off, leaving orange stain. Circumf. Line on rim, two at top of shoulder. Handle frieze with broad horiz. Wavy line with N-motifs in loops; one vert. line preserved at right. Circumf. Lines below. Interior painted, except reserved line at egde and wide band under offset rim. | |
Material: | pale yellow clay | |
Munsell Color: | 7.5YR 8/4 | |
Condition: | Fragment. Preserving upper part of vessel | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H 0.05 | |
Dimensions Restored: | D 0.06 | |
Period: | Late Geometric (750-720) | |
Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. | |
Bibliography: | Stillwell & Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Stillwell & Benson, Corinth 15:3, 1984 Image: bw 6300 |