cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/38.4.6
| Accession_Number | 38.4.6 | ||||||
| Shape | Pointed pyxis | ||||||
| Shape_description | Dipylon Egg-vase | ||||||
| Material | Terracotta | ||||||
| Fabric | Attic | ||||||
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| Munsell_color | 10YR 7/4 | ||||||
| Decoration | Two holes pierced in horizontal rim for suspension. The rim is slightly lower than the top of the shoulder and is reserved. The shoulder is black, herring-bone between four bands, thick, hatched meander, herring-bone between four bands, black to bottom of cone. Inside is reserved. | ||||||
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| Condition | Original lid is missing. However does have a fake/modern lid. Paint badly worn except for three good patches. Sides remain smooth and unchipped. Couple of cracks in surface and one inside. Deposits inside. | ||||||
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| Provenance | Said to be from a cemetery east of Athens | ||||||
| Period | Geometric | ||||||
| Date | 8 c | ||||||
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| Bibliography | CVA Reading 1, pl. 8.1 | ||||||
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| Height | 12.1 | ||||||
| Diameters | Mouth 4.1; body 10.0 | ||||||
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| Location | Household | ||||||
| Edited_by | Denise; Karen; Kinsey | ||||||
| Date_edited | 06.09.2002; 31.03.2004; 09.01.2006 |
