Ure Museum | Database

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Accession_Number

39.9.6

Shape

Pyxis

Shape_description

Convex, with upright handles ('stamnos-pyxis')

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Corinthian

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

10YR 7/3

Decoration

Ground varies from cream to buff. Inside is coloured black. The mouth is red. Two handles are placed vertically on top of shoulder and under each is a goose (?) From top to bottom there is a band with the shoulder design below. Pictures are of a stag and a panther facing right (A) and panther and a goat (?) facing each other (B). Separating this from the main design are two rows of dots between bands. Main zone: Griffin-bird between two panthers (A) and two panthers facing a pattern of a palmette complex(B). Various incised rosettes and dots in field. Below main zone is seven bands and a red base.

Inscriptions

Condition

Lid missing. Badly worn design on shoulder. Large chips to handles, hole in mouth and large chips to base.

Technique/Style

Middle Corinthian

Provenance

Period

Early Archaic

Date

600-575

Dating_details

Artist

Geladakis Painter

Attribution

Attributed by Amyx 214.8 [9]

Image

	Back view of a Corinthian convex pyxis ('stamnos-pyxis').
	Side view of a Corinthian convex pyxis ('stamnos-pyxis').
	Front view of a Corinthian convex pyxis ('stamnos-pyxis').
	Side view of a Corinthian convex pyxis ('stamnos-pyxis').
2003.07.0002.jpg	Front view of a Corinthian convex pyxis ('stamnos-pyxis').
2003.07.0003.jpg	Side view of a Corinthian convex pyxis ('stamnos-pyxis').
2003.07.0004.jpg	Side view of a Corinthian convex pyxis ('stamnos-pyxis').
2003.07.0010.jpg	Oblique view of a Corinthian convex pyxis ('stamnos-pyxis'), slightly from below, showing part of base and lower body.