Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | KP 2167 | |
Title: | SUB-GEOMETRIC PYXIS COVER | |
Category: | Pottery | |
Category Code: | KP | |
Object Number: | 2167 | |
Description: | Pyxis cover had a slightly conical shape, thicker in center. Under surface flat with no flange or bent rim. | |
Decoration: | Black paint, partly worn off, leaving orange stain. Broad band around knob contains alternating long rays, radiating from knob, and equilateral triangles with bases resting on edge of band. Outside, very fine concentric lines. | |
Material: | Pale buff clay | |
Munsell Color: | 10YR 8/3 | |
Condition: | Fragment. Cover frgt. | |
Dimensions Restored: | D 0.13 | |
Period: | Protocorinthian (720-630) | |
Chronology: | Sub-Geometric, according to Benson | |
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 6301 |