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Accession_Number REDMG:1935.87.14
Shape Stamnos-pyxis
Shape_description Two shallow handles, facing upwards.
Material Terracotta
Fabric Corinthian
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 10YR 8/6
Decoration Black rim. On shoulder Z-pattern between red bands; below, a pair of bands; much lower, three bands and then one, all in brownish-black on creamy-buff ground. Underside reserved except for line of black on resting surface.
Inscriptions
Condition No lid preserved. Small hole in body and slight chips in base.
Technique/Style
Provenance
Period Late Corinthian I
Date 550-525
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image
Front view of a Corinthian Stamnos-pyxis, showing the Z-pattern between red bands on the shoulders and both handles.

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Front view of a Corinthian pyxis.
Comparanda
Bibliography CVA Reading 1, pl. 6.12
Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height 5.6
Diameters 7.7
Handle_height 0.4
Other_dims. Diam. mouth: 3.0; Diam. foot 4.3
Location 5.2.1
Edited_by Denise; Karen; Will
Date_edited 23.07.2002; 31.03.2004; 9.7.2007
The Ure Museum is part of
The University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Box 217, Reading, RG6 6AH