Corinth Object: KP 2490
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