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cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/34.10.8

Accession_Number

34.10.8

Shape

Lid

Shape_description

Short cylindrical knob, with grooved flat top, grooved profile, and conical stem broadening to the slightly domed top of the lid. At the midpoint of the lid, beyond a gentle groove and a ridge, the lid flares to a rounded edge, the underside of which narrows to a tapering straight sided walls that would have sat inside the vase to which it belonged (perhaps a stamnos). The underside of the lid is hollowed, rounded, and smooth.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Boeotian

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

10YR 7/4

Decoration

Dipped black glaze on top of lid, stem, and knob, spilling over with some drips on the underside.

Inscriptions

Condition

Intact and complete except for two chips to the rim, one on either side. The surface is dulled by a yellowish-brown deposit. The glaze has also worn away in patches.

Technique/Style

Black glaze

Provenance

Period

Date

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2002.97.0320.jpg	Oblique side view of a Boeotian black-glazed pyxis lid, showing uneven black on underside.
2002.97.0321.jpg	Top view of a Boeotian black-glazed pyxis lid, showing ridges on knob and lid.
2002.97.0322.jpg	Bottom view of a Boeotian black-glazed pyxis lid, showing the reserved interior.
2008.98.0464.jpg	Oblique view, from above, of a Euboean floral-ware stamnos-pyxis (56.8.2) with a lid (34.10.8).
2008.98.0465.jpg	Profile view of a Euboean floral-ware stamnos-pyxis (56.8.2), with a lid (34.10.8).
2008.98.0467.jpg	Oblique view, from above, a Boeotian pyxis lid.
2008.98.0474.jpg	Profile view of a Boeotian pyxis lid.
2008.98.0475.jpg	Profile view of a Boeotian pyxis lid.
2008.98.0476.jpg	Profile view of a Boeotian pyxis lid.
2008.98.0477.jpg	Profile view of a Boeotian pyxis lid.
2008.98.0478.jpg	Top view of a Boeotian pyxis lid.
2008.98.0479.jpg	Bottom view of a Boeotian pyxis lid.