Inventory Number: | P 14816 | |
Section Number: | ΕΕ 82 | |
Title: | Pyxis with Lid | |
Category: | Pottery | |
Description: | Mended from many pieces; the lid complete except for a chip from the knob, the tip of the handle, and small chips; the bowl complete save for a few small bits of wall and rim, and chips to the surface. Deep round-bodied pyxis on low ring foot; horizontal flange inset below top of wall to receive lid. Flat lid with tall central handle, composed of a high stem, a large roundish knob, and a small tip. Two string holes in rim and flange, on either side. Underside of lid and inside of pyxis unglazed. On the bottom of the pyxis, a twelve-petalled rosette with hatched leaves, surrounded by four glazed circles. On the wall, four zones of decoration, separated by groups of three or four glazed bands; from bottom: tooth pattern, alternating pendent verticals, simple continuous maeander, zigzag. Two bands on top of flange. Around the outer part of the lid, a zone of tooth pattern, then a zone of dots with groups of bands between; center of lid glazed solid; on the handle, bands around lower part of stem, bands and a zone of chevrons on the knob, and bands on the tip. Clay buff to pinkish, with a few red bits; smooth light buff surface, more prominent on pyxis than on lid. Glaze black to brown, mottled and somewhat worn. | |
Context: | Geometric grave. | |
Notebook Page: | 233 | |
Negatives: | Leica, 9-81, IX-34, XVIII-90, 81-226, 81-277 | |
PD Number: | Ptg. 48, PD 2774-166 | |
Dimensions: | P.H. 0.212; H. (bowl) 0.103-0.104; Diam. (bowl) 0.272, (lid) 0.215 | |
Date: | 22 April 1939 | |
Section: | ΕΕ | |
Grid: | ΕΕ:43-44/Θ-Ι | |
Deposit: | N 21:6 | |
Period: | Geometric | |
Bibliography: | Hesperia 29 (1960), p. 412, no. 1, pls. 91, 92. | |
Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 291, fig. 34. | ||
AJA 43 (1939), p. 587, fig. 18. | ||
Agora XXXVI, no. T24-1, p. 233, fig. 2.143, pl. VIII. | ||
References: | Publication: Agora XXXVI Publication: Hesperia 9 (1940) Publication: Hesperia 29 (1960) Publication Page: Agora 8, s. 133, p. 119 Drawing: DA 10599 Images (5) Deposit: N 21:6 Card: P 14816 Card: P 14816 |