Agora Object: P 22303
Inventory Number:   P 22303
Section Number:   Ο 806
Title:   Lid: Polychrome Ware
ΤΙΤΛΟΣ:   Πώμα πυξίδας με πολύχρωμη διακόσμηση 640 - 630 π.Χ.
Category:   Pottery
Description:   Several joining fragments give the full circumference of the lid and much of the sides; the top missing, except for the knob, non-joining, about half preserved. Domed lid with narrow downturned edge; large conical knob; a projecting edge at its tip broken away. Decoration red and white over black glaze. On the rim a row of dots; around the knob, large rays. From rays to rim, banded decoration over black: a red band bordered by white lines; white dot rosettes at intervals on the red; further out, a narrow band of turret pattern, white; at the edge a second red band with white borders and rosettes. The knob glazed black except on underside; at the top, between two sets of three narrow white bands, a band of white pendent petals; at the bottom, a broad red band with three narrow white above and below; traces of a rosette over the red.
Buff clay with occasional large bits.
ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΦΗ:   Κάλυμμα πυξίδος με πολύχρωμη διακόσμηση και κωνικό κομβίο. Αποτελείται από αρκετά θραύσματα. Φέρει επάλληλες ταινίες με μελανές στιγμές και ακτινωτή διακόσμηση.
Context:   Well, boxes 16, 17.
Negatives:   Leica, LXVIII-62
Dimensions:   P.H. (lid) 0.032, (knob) 0.06; Diam. (lid) 0.18, (knob) 0.052
Date:   20 May 1952
Section:   Ο
Grid:   Ο:89-90/ΙΗ-ΙΘ
Elevation:   -6.7--6.7m.
Masl:   -6.7m.
Deposit:   O 12:1
Period:   Greek
Bibliography:   Hesperia 30 (1961), pp. 335-336, no. F 28, pl. 74.
References:   Publication: Hesperia 30 (1961)
Publication Page: Agora 8, s. 135, p. 121
Images (10)
Deposit: O 12:1
Card: P 22303
Card: P 22303