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Accession_Number

46.5.1A-B

Shape

Stamnos-pyxis

Shape_description

Matching lid with knob. The body has lugs on shoulder close to handle and projections on the tops of handles.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Boeotian

Fabric_description

Pale

Munsell_color

10YR 8/2

Decoration

Lid decorated with three vertical black bands above palmette frieze. Body: dark bands on rim, narrow floral band consisting of ten alternating palmettes, six with lotus attached by long stem on right, two with lotus each side, two with none. Black at bottom of body and foot.

Inscriptions

Condition

Complete. Large missing from the edge of the lid, and two large chips on the body, as well as smaller ones. Some scratching and weathering to the body. Decoration faded.

Technique/Style

Black figure; floral ware

Provenance

Period

Late Classical

Date

375-350

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2002.97.0672.jpg	Front view of a black figure stamnos-pyxis with lid, showing exterior decoration with palmettes.
2002.97.0673.jpg	Front view of black figure stamnos-pyxis with lid, decorated with palmettes.
2002.97.0674.jpg	Front view of stamnos-pyxis decorated with palmettes, without lid.
2002.97.0675.jpg	Front view of lid of stamnos-pyxis also decorated with palmettes though the pattern on the lid has faded.
2002.97.0676.jpg	Top view of lid of stamnos-pyxis with decorative knob.
2003.17.0009.jpg	Front view of a Boeotian Floral-ware stamnos-pyxis.
2003.17.0010.jpg	Oblique view, from above, of the top of a Boeotian Floral-ware stamnos-pyxis, showing lid, handles, and shoulder.
2004.14.0007.jpg	Front view of a black figure stamnos-pyxis with lid, showing exterior decoration with palmettes.
2004.14.0008.jpg	Front view of a black figure stamnos-pyxis with lid, showing exterior decoration with palmettes.
2005.88.0066.jpg
2005.89.0055.jpg