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Accession_Number

56.8.2

Shape

Stamnos-pyxis

Shape_description

Tall inslanting rim with plain round lip, sharply turning to a short shoulder that broadens to an ovoid body, which tapers to a tall moulded foot, comprised of a beveled top, two concave elements, a carination, below which a scotia above a torus. The resting surface is ridged and the underside consists of a pointed convex centre, within a tapering concave part. Two u-shaped handles, round in section, rise from the bottom of the shoulder to high above the rim. On either side of each handle is a pointed lug.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Euboean

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

7.5YR 6/4

Decoration

Interior reserved, except for a narrow band of black glaze at the top. Exterior: black-glazed rim and handles, including handle attachment points, lower part of body, and foot. The shoulder is decorated with pendant leaves, vertically arranged, divided by a narrow black band from the body frieze which consists of, on either side, a 12-petalled horizontal palmette between two sideways 14-petalled palmettes central. Lines of dots emerge from either side of the middle leaf on each palmette. Underside reserved.

Inscriptions

Condition

Lid missing. Complete, and intact for handles, broken in 3 parts, reattached. Surface damaged with scratches, pitting, white deposits, and dark stains.

Technique/Style

Floral ware

Provenance

Period

Late Classical / Early Hellenistic

Date

4 c.

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2002.97.0578.jpg	Top view of a Euboean floral-ware stamnos-pyxis, showing widely spaced leaves on shoulder.
2002.97.0579.jpg	Front view of a Euboean floral-ware stamnos-pyxis, showing large handles rising from shoulders and main design on body.
2002.97.0580.jpg	Oblique view, from below, of a Euboean floral-ware stamnos-pyxis, showing reserved ring base.
2008.98.0464.jpg	Oblique view, from above, of a Euboean floral-ware stamnos-pyxis (with lid 34.10.8).
2008.98.0466.jpg	Oblique view, from above, of a Euboean floral-ware stamnos-pyxis.
2008.98.0468.jpg	Profile view of a Euboean floral-ware stamnos pyxis.
2008.98.0469.jpg	Profile view of the side of a Euboean floral-ware stamnos pyxis.
2008.98.0470.jpg	Profile view of a Euboean floral-ware stamnos pyxis.
2008.98.0471.jpg	Profile view of the side of a Euboean floral-ware stamnos pyxis.
2008.98.0472.jpg	Top view of a Euboean floral-ware stamnos pyxis.
2008.98.0473.jpg	Bottom view of a Euboean floral-ware stamnos-pyxis, showing the reserved underside.