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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | T 1583 | | Title: | | MIDDLE CORINTHIAN PYXIS | | Category: | | Miscellaneous | | Category Code: | | T | | Object Number: | | 1583 | | Old Number: | | P 809 | | Description: | | Pyxis with flaring ring foot with beveled edge, flat undersurface. Ovoid body with max. diam. ca. 0.012 m. below lip, short vertical lip set well in from body. two horizontal reflex handles at max. diam. Lid: slightly convex curving down to vertical lip; solid knob consisting of bibonical stem crowned by inverted cone, top of which hollowed around central button. | | Decoration: | | At rim row of dots, in handle zone vertical zigzags below, wide purple lines alternating with double dotted bands. Same on lid. | | Material: | | Fine greenish-buff to pale yellow buff clay. | | Condition: | | Complete or intact. Intact. Glaze worn. Lid: numerous joining fragments; missing small part of cover. | | Dimensions Actual: | | H. with lid 0.137, Diam. foot 0.067, Diam. max. 0.134 | | Period: | | 5th c. B.C. | | Chronology: | | 580-570 B.C. | | Bibliography: | | Corinth XIII, 157-9. | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Publication: Blegen, et al. Corinth 13, 1964
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