Corinth Object: KV 161
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KV 161
Title:   MINIATURE PYXIS
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KV
Object Number:   161
Description:   Miniature pyxis with flat bottom, profiled sides, external flange, and slightly incurved rim with rounded lip.
Decoration:   Wheel marks on interior. Black lines around lip and flange, two lines around body, filled with line of dots.
Material:   Fine, pale brown clay with few small inclusions and few small round voids
Munsell Color:   2.5Y 8/2 (pale brown)
Condition:   Complete profile. Two joining frgts preserving all of vessel except small sliver of body. Glaze fugitive.
Manufacture:   WM
Period:   5th c. B.C.
Chronology:   Likely late 5th c. B.C. (Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, p. 212).
Area:   Potters' Quarter
Context:   NB114 P85
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory. Deposit 8.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Potters' Quarter
Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 48 (pp. 84 - 85)