Corinth Object: KP 2165
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
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