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Accession_Number

68.12.2

Shape

Lid

Shape_description

Short cylindrical knob, flat-topped and double-recessed in centre. The short concave stem connects the cylinder to the short domed lid, in a continuous curve. Beyond a gouge the outer 1.8 cm of the lid becomes slightly concave and after two ridges terminates in a slightly rounded edge.The underside is hollowed just below the knob, and has a short flange intended to sits inside the rim of the pyxis to which it would have belonged.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Boeotian

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

7.5YR 7/6

Decoration

Decorated with streaky black glaze, which becomes dark red in placces. Knob black glazed on exterior of two recesses, side, and underside, as well as stem and inner part of domed top. Beyond this a frieze of 9-leaf palmettes alternating with water birds, profile to the left, with intervening spots between palmettes and swan. This frieze is surrounded by a band of vertical bars between two glazed bands. The underside is reserved.

Inscriptions

Condition

Intact and complete except for two chips on the rim. The top of the knob has a crack across the middle, leading to a hole in the deeper recess. The surface is worn, with cracks to the glaze surrounding the attachment of the knob and white deposits throughout the decoration. Yellow deposits on the underside of the lid, just outside the flange.

Technique/Style

Floral ware

Provenance

From Greece

Period

Date

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2002.97.0272.jpg	Oblique view, from above, of floral ware lid, showing palmette and bird decoration.
2002.97.0273.jpg	Top view of floral ware lid, showing palmette and bird decoration.
2002.97.0274.jpg	Top view of floral ware lid, upside down, showing reserved underside.
2002.97.0275.jpg	Side view of a floral ware lid resting on its knob, showing black/red streaky stem and reserved underside.
2008.99.0639.jpg	Top view of a Boeotian floral ware pyxis lid, decorated with swans and palmettes.
2008.99.0640.jpg	Bottom view of a Boeotian floral ware pyxis lid.
2008.99.0641.jpg	Oblique top view of a Boeotian floral ware pyxis lid, decorated with swans and palmettes.
2008.99.0642.jpg	Profile view of a Boeotian floral ware pyxis lid, decorated with swans and palmettes.
2008.99.0643.jpg	Profile view of a Boeotian floral ware pyxis lid, decorated with swans and palmettes.
2008.99.0644.jpg	Profile view of a Boeotian floral ware pyxis lid, decorated with swans and palmettes.
2008.99.0645.jpg	Profile view of a Boeotian floral ware pyxis lid, decorated with swans and palmettes.
2008.99.0646.jpg	Profile view of a Boeotian floral ware pyxis lid, decorated with swans and palmettes.
2008.99.0647.jpg	Profile view of a Boeotian floral ware pyxis lid, decorated with swans and palmettes.