Accession_Number | REDMG:1935.87.30 |
Shape | Bowl pyxis |
Shape_description | Mouth has a rim that slopes downwards. Concave sides with two small lug handles, each placed ca. 1.5 cm below rim ; carination and further concave element near flat base. |
Material | Terracotta |
Fabric | Corinthian |
Fabric_description | Light gray, powdery fabric. |
Munsell_color | 2.5Y 7/2 |
Decoration | Reserved interior. Pattern consists of three red bands on an almost white ground. Remainder of pyxis is reserved, as is the base, which is flat. |
Inscriptions | |
Condition | Large wedge-shaped piece missing from rim down to body. Decoration has eroded slightly. Deposits inside. |
Technique/Style | |
Provenance | |
Period | Classical |
Date | 5 c. |
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Artist | |
Attribution | |
Image | |
Comparanda | CVA compares shape to Boeotian BF pyxides to second half of 4th c. Cf. Corinth 13, 149 and pl. 56, 357.7-9. |
Bibliography | CVA Reading 1, pl. 6.10 |
Archive_Ref | |
Beazley_DB | |
Height | 4.7 |
Diameters | Rim 6.2; base 3.5 |
Handle_height | |
Other_dims. | |
Location | 7.1.4 |
Edited_by | Denise; Karen; Joana Varela; Jayne |
Date_edited | 13.08.2002; 31.03.2004; 19.04.2017; 03.08.22 |