Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | KP 2490 | |
Title: | LATE CORINTHIAN III STRAIGHT-SIDED PYXIS RIM, BODY, & BASE | |
Category: | Pottery | |
Category Code: | KP | |
Object Number: | 2490 | |
Description: | Vert. sides with projecting molding at top and bottom and flange at top. Vert. double loop handles. | |
Decoration: | Black paint, partly fired red brown, and red paint, largely worn off. Flange black. Dots on upper molding on handles. On exterior, broad black band, black line, broad red band, two black lines, black band continuing on bottom modling. On floor, broad black ring with thin line outside; broad black band on wall and at edge of floor. | |
Material: | Hard, buff clay | |
Munsell Color: | 10YR 8/2 | |
Condition: | Complete profile. Preserved: most of bottom, part of sides and small part of rim and handle | |
Dimensions Actual: | H 0.062; D 0.15 | |
Period: | Late Corinthian | |
Chronology: | Late Corinthian III, according to Benson | |
Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. | |
Bibliography: | Stillwell & Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 1055, p. 198; Corinth VII.5, p.38, no.13 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Stillwell & Benson, Corinth 15:3, 1984 Image: bw 6504 |