| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | KP 96 | |
| Title: | CONCAVE PYXIS LID BY THE KP 34 WORKSHOP | |
| Category: | Pottery | |
| Category Code: | KP | |
| Object Number: | 96 | |
| Description: | Slightly conical flanged lid; knob in form of truncated cone with grooved moulding at the upper edge. | |
| Decoration: | Corinthian black-figure style. Knob with linear decoration. On lid: concentric glazed band around knob, concentric band of short rays; animal frieze bordered by two concentric lines. Animal frieze: goat to l., panther to l., panther to r., goat to r., panther to l. Filling ornaments: spoked rosettes, small rosettes with incised crosses, spots and irregular rosettes with parallel or ogival double lines. Undersurface reserved. | |
| Material: | Pale buff clay. Brownish black and purple applied paint. | |
| Munsell Color: | 10 YR 8/4 (very pale brown) | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Mended from three fragments. | |
| Manufacture: | WM | |
| Period: | Early Corinthian (620/615-595/590) | |
| Area: | Potters' Quarter | |
| Context: | NB108 P15 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. Aryballos Deposit. | |
| Bibliography: | Corinth 15.3, 389; Benson 1983. | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter Image: bw 2513 Basket: NB108 P15 |
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