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Accession_Number REDMG:1964.1674
Shape Pyxis
Shape_description Flat rim on everted lip, slightly concave on the interior; nearly straight sides which taper sharply to a flat base; (lug) handles.
Material Terracotta
Fabric Perhaps Corinthian
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 2.5Y 7/3
Decoration Reserved except for a band of vertical bars, between two lines, on the body.
Inscriptions
Condition Comprised of four rejoined pieces; both handles broken off; light yellowish brown deposits all over (darker on the interior), obscuring all decoration except in the middle of one side.
Technique/Style
Provenance Found at Corinth
Period Late Corinthian I
Date 6 c.
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2003.93.0373.jpg
Fragments of Corinthian pyxis.
Comparanda Same shape as RM.1964.1676
Bibliography
Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height 4.0
Diameters Rim 5.9, lower body 5.2, base 2.9
Handle_height
Other_dims.
Location 7.1.4
Edited_by Amy; Joana Varela; Jayne
Date_edited 17.10.2004; 05.04.2017; 03.08.22
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