Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1960 362 | |
Title: | EARLY PROTOCORINTHIAN PYXIS | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1960 | |
Object Number: | 362 | |
Description: | Pyxis with rounded shoulder, with sharp articulation to inset rim with concave tapering profile, vertical rounded lip. | |
Decoration: | Exterior: in dilute brown-black glazed: circumference lines on upper body, 3 preserved, reserved band at top of shoulder decorated with chain of S's, 2 circumference lines at base of rim, 1 at mid height, 1 on lip. Interior: completely glazed except for fine reserved line on interior of lip. | |
Material: | Fine well-compacted buff clay with rare fine black inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | Very slightly pinker than 10YR 7/4 | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., shoulder to rim, small part of circumference. | |
Manufacture: | WM | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H00.024 W00.041 | |
Dimensions Restored: | D00.14 (or greater) | |
Period: | Protocorinthian (720-630) | |
Chronology: | Early Protocorinthian | |
Area: | Forum southwest | |
Context: | Forum southwest, Mixed fill in the area of the Silk Factory, in 55- | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Forum southwest Image: bw 1997 030 19 Basket: Forum southwest, Mixed fill in the area of the Silk Factory, in 55- |