| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 2005 43 | |
| Title: | MARBLE PYXIS LID | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Year: | 2005 | |
| Object Number: | 43 | |
| Description: | Marble pyxis lid with short cylindrical knob, slightly convex body, two raised concentric ridges around knob, third ridge near thickened rounded rim; flange on underside. Similar to MF 1971 89. Cf. Zaphiropoulou, "Vases et Autres Objets de Marbre de Rhenee," BCH Suppl. I, 1973, p. 629, figs. 37-38. | |
| Decoration: | Red painted band (W. 0.010) surrounds knob, two dots between second and third ridge, part of pattern (?) of dots in four corners. | |
| Material: | Small crystal, white marble. No veins. | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Six joining fragments preserve 2/3 of lid, knob intact, sections of rim chipped away on edge. Red paint well preserved around knob, and in two small dots on upper surface of lid. | |
| Manufacture: | OT | |
| Dimensions Actual: | Diam. 0.121, Th. 0.010, H. knob 0.003 | |
| Period: | Hellenistic | |
| Chronology: | 4th/3rd c. B.C. (Mark Abbe) | |
| Area: | Panaghia south | |
| Context: | NB972 B11 P26, LOT 2005 006 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Panaghia south Image: bw 2005 025 24 Basket: NB972 B11 P26 |
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