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Collection: | | Corinth | Type: | | Object | Name: | | T 1508 | Title: | | MIDDLE CORINTHIAN BOWL-LIKE PYXIS | Category: | | Miscellaneous | Category Code: | | T | Object Number: | | 1508 | Description: | | Pyxis with flaring ring foot, globular body, inward tapering short rim, tapered lip. Two horizontal loop handles set nearly vertically on shoulder. Foot has beveled edge, irregularly trimmed resting surface, flat undersurface. Lid convex turning down to vertical lip. Solid knob handle with convex top. | Decoration: | | Pyxis: at rim, row of dots; in handle zone, vertical zigzags; below, wide purple lines alternating with dotted hands (from top down, single, double, triple, double). Lid: same decoration except that all dotted bands are double. | Material: | | Clay | Condition: | | Complete or intact. Complete, several joining fragments. | Dimensions Actual: | | H. with lid 0.132, Diam. foot 0.08, Diam. max. 0.131 | Period: | | 5th c. B.C. | Chronology: | | 580-570 B.C. | Bibliography: | | Corinth XIII, p. 184, n. 157-p | Site: | | Corinth | City: | | Ancient Corinth | Country: | | Greece | References: | | Publication: Blegen, et al. Corinth 13, 1964
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