| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | C 2004 37 | |
| Title: | EARLY GEOMETRIC HANDMADE POINTED PYXIS WITH LID | |
| Category Code: | C | |
| Year: | 2004 | |
| Object Number: | 37 | |
| Description: | Pyxis with pointed bottom, egg-shaped body curving up to flat shoulder that ends in round mouth with tapered lip, two vertical lug handles pierced longitudinally placed high up on either side of mouth, conical lid with flat base with step that fits perfectly into the mouth of the body, lid pierced horizontally close to the base with the holes corresponding to the upper holes of the lugs. Exterior surface highly burnished. Shape as Coldstream, GGP, 1968, plate 22e, f, from EG I grave from Mycenae. Closest Corinthian parallel CP 1902 (Corinth VII.i no. 13) from LPG grave at Velo. | |
| Material: | Coarse greenish buff clay with abundant large to very large angular black inclusions, and rare large red and rounded lime inclusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | 2.5Y 8/2 (white) | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact. | |
| Manufacture: | HM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H. 0.065 (without lid), H. 0.082 (with lid), Diam. of lip 0.020, Diam. max. 0.044, Diam. of base of lid 0.023 | |
| Weight Description: | 0.058 (body), 0.005 (lid) | |
| Weight: | 0.058 | |
| 0.005 | ||
| Period: | Early Geometric (900/875-850/825) | |
| Area: | Panaghia south | |
| Context: | NB966 B68 P102, LOT 2004 055 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Panaghia south Images (6) Basket: NB966 B68 P102 |
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