| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | KP 2478 | |
| Title: | EARLY CORINTHIAN TRIPOD PYXIS | |
| Category: | Pottery | |
| Category Code: | KP | |
| Object Number: | 2478 | |
| Description: | Convex curvature of interior, folded tapered lip of rim | |
| Decoration: | Black and applied-purple paint. Upper edge of rim applied purple; on outside Z-meander between lines. Sides and bottom of bowl and edges of foot applied purple. On foot, lion with crosshatched mane, 1. line at lower edge. Purple on shoulder, ribs and haunch. Spokes rosettes, blobs and incised rosette with single center containing cross; latter has purple on alternate leaves | |
| Material: | Hard, yellow clay | |
| Munsell Color: | 10YR 8/2 | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Fragment of rim, body, and foot | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H 0.042 | |
| Dimensions Restored: | D 0.12 | |
| Period: | Early Corinthian (620/615-595/590) | |
| Chronology: | according to Benson | |
| Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. | |
| Bibliography: | Stillwell & Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, cat. 393, p. 87 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Stillwell & Benson, Corinth 15:3, 1984 Image: bw 6327 |
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