Corinth Object: KP 1264
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KP 1264
Title:   EARLY PROTOCORINTHIAN PYXIS LID KNOB
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   KP
Object Number:   1264
Description:   Vertical shaft slightly flaring; truncated conical body with molded ridge at upper edge; top articulated with concentric rings
Decoration:   Dark brown to black slip. Shaft, solid dark brown. Knob: 3 concentric horizontal bands; row of tall, narrow upside-down triangles; three bands below top edge; top surface, concentric circles
Material:   clay
Munsell Color:   10 YR 8/3 (very pale brown)
Condition:   Fragment. CP, fracture on lower part of knob; broken at shaaft
Dimensions Actual:   Top diam. 0.022; Max diam. 0.041
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.049
Period:   Protocorinthian (720-630)
Chronology:   Early Protocorinthian
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter Northwest Angle Deposit
Bibliography:   Stillwell & Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 177, p. 47
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Stillwell & Benson, Corinth 15:3, 1984
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