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Accession_Number

73.10.1

Shape

Pyxis lid

Shape_description

Tall knob, circular in section, flat at top except for a grooved section; knob which narrows then widens to a carination towards the bottom, and narrows again to the join with the concave lid. Flanged rim.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Corinthian

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

10YR 7/2

Decoration

The top of the knob is covered with brown paint, apart from the central part.The knob is decorated with three parallel brown bands ; reserved at join with lid; 9 rays radiating from the edge of the knob.Two thin concentric brown lines, red-brownish bands framing a band of double dots. Black line at the edge of the lid fired brown. The edge of the rim is painted black, fired to brown. The underside is reserved.

Inscriptions

Condition

A number of chips at the edge of the rim and the knob; white deposits on the knob.

Technique/Style

Provenance

Period

Early Corinthian

Date

590-580

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

	Oblique view, from slightly above, of a Corinthian pyxis lid, showing the design on the lid and the knob.
2003.97.0178.jpg	Side view of a Corinthian pyxis lid, showing the design on the lid and the knob.
2003.97.0179.jpg	Side view of a Corinthian pyxis lid, showing the design on the lid and the knob.
2003.97.0180.jpg	Top view of a Corinthian pyxis lid, showing pattern on the top of the lid.
2003.97.0181.jpg	Bottom view of a Corinthian pyxis lid, showing the reserved underside.
2005.89.0024.jpg
2008.99.0596.jpg	Oblique top view of a Corinthian pyxis lid, showing the design on the lid and the knob.
2008.99.0598.jpg	Top view of a Corinthian pyxis lid, showing pattern on the top of the lid.
2008.99.0599.jpg	Top view of a Corinthian pyxis lid, showing pattern on the top of the lid.
2008.99.0600.jpg	Top view of a Corinthian pyxis lid, showing pattern on the top of the lid.
2008.99.0602.jpg	Side view of a Corinthian pyxis lid, showing the design on the knob.
2008.99.0604.jpg	Side view of a Corinthian pyxis lid, showing the design on the knob.
2008.99.0606.jpg	Side view of a Corinthian pyxis lid, showing the design on the knob.
2008.99.0608.jpg	Side view of a Corinthian pyxis lid, showing the design on the knob.
2008.99.0610.jpg	Bottom view of a Corinthian pyxis lid, showing the reserved underside.