Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | LOT 1973 69:1 | |
Title: | CONVEX PYXIS WITH LEBES RIM | |
Category: | Pottery | |
Category Code: | LOT | |
Year: | 1973 | |
Object Number: | 69 | |
Description: | Deep, slightly convex body slopes up, then curves to become nearly vertical before curving to nearly horizontal shoulder; nearly flat, inward-sloping, outward-thickened rim. | |
Decoration: | Glaze fired back to orange. Glazed band at mid-body, then red, glazed, and red lines at junction with shoulder. On shoulder, glazed closed double maeander. Red line at top shoulder at junction with rim. Narrow glazed, and red bands painted on rim. | |
Munsell Color: | 10YR 8/3 to 8/2 | |
Condition: | Fragment. Several fragments preserve rim, shoulder, and much of body. Handles missing. | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.072 | |
Dimensions Restored: | D. of rim 0.068 | |
Chronology: | Late 5th or early 4th century. | |
Bibliography: | Corinth VII.5, p.42, no.31 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece |