Corinth Object: KP 2488
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KP 2488
Title:   LATE CORINTHIAN III PYXIS LID
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KP
Object Number:   2488
Description:   Overfitting lid, low conical shape with knob (missing) and low vert. rim. Thin grooves.
Decoration:   Pink wash over reserved areas. Black paint, partly fired red brown. Thin grooves unpainted at upper edge of rim and near either edge of reserved band. Entire lid black except for reserved band near knob, divided into panels with two dots in each.
Material:   hard, orange clay, fired gray at edge
Munsell Color:   7.5YR 8/4
Condition:   Fragment. fragmentary lid
Dimensions Restored:   D 0.104
Period:   Late Corinthian
Chronology:   Late Corinthian III, according to Benson
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter.
Bibliography:   Stillwell & Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 1053, p. 198
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Stillwell & Benson, Corinth 15:3, 1984
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