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Accession_Number 58.2.3B
Shape Pyxis lid
Shape_description Lid: flat rim, domed interior, surmounted by cylindrical knob with two ridges and concave upper surface. Belongs to pyxis, 58.2.3A
Material Terracotta
Fabric Sicilian
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 5YR 6/4
Decoration Black glaze (dipped) except interior of lid reserved.
Inscriptions
Condition Intact, slightly chipped on knob of lid. Lustre has faded. What are pink smears inside lid?
Technique/Style Black glaze
Provenance Found in Sicily
Period Hellenistic
Date 3 c.
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2003.98.0008.jpg		Front view of a Sicilian black-glazed pyxis lid.

2003.98.0009.jpg		Front view of a Sicilian black-glazed pyxis lid.

2003.98.0010.jpg		Top view of a Sicilian black-glazed pyxis lid, showing the central knob.

2003.98.0011.jpg		Oblique view, from slightly above, of a Sicilian black-glazed pyxis lid, showing the central knob.

2003.98.0012.jpg		Bottom view of a Sicilian black-glazed pyxis lid, showing the reserved interior.

2008.99.0612.jpg		Oblique top view of a black-glazed Sicilian pyxis lid.

2008.99.0613.jpg		Top view of a black-glazed Sicilian pyxis lid.

2008.99.0616.jpg		Profile view of a black-glazed Sicilian pyxis lid.

2008.99.0618.jpg		Profile view of a black-glazed Sicilian pyxis lid.

2008.99.0619.jpg		Bottom view of a black-glazed Sicilian pyxis lid.
Comparanda Lipari 5, fig. 280c (tomb 1555)
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Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height 3.0
Diameters 6.4
Handle_height
Other_dims.
Location Death
Edited_by Teifi
Date_edited 26.07.2006
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