Agora Object: P 17473
Inventory Number:   P 17473
Section Number:   ΑΡ 176
Title:   Pyxis with Lid
ΤΙΤΛΟΣ:   Πυξίδα με πώμα
Category:   Pottery
Description:   Pyxis intact. Around the body, a band of single zigzag, a band of triple zigzag, and a band of rays, all set off by glazed bands. Lid mended from two pieces; decorated around the outer part with a row of dots between bands, and a triple ring of bands around the base of the handle. Handle tall, ribbed below; a round knob with conical finial on top. A ring of dots between bands around the knob, the finial banded.
ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΦΗ:   Γεωμετρική πυξίδα με κάλυμμα, που φέρει υψηλή λαβή και κωνικό κομβίο στην κορυφή. Στο σώμα του αγγείου διακρίνεται ακτινωτή διακόσμηση και γεωμετρικά κοσμήματα.
Notes:   The lid of this pyxis fit very tightly and there was only a small amount of earth inside it.
Context:   Geometric grave.
Negatives:   Leica, XXVII-49, 82-394, color slide
PD Number:   PD 2772-1, PD 2774-124
Dimensions:   Diam. (pyxis) 0.186, (lid) 0.14; H. 0.137
Date:   13 March 1947
Section:   ΑΡ
Grid:   ΑΡ:38-39/Ι
Deposit:   I 18:1
Lot:   Lot ΑΡ 34
Period:   Geometric
Bibliography:   Hesperia 43 (1974), p. 356, no. I 18:1-10, pl. 76b.
    Desborough (1952), p. 109.
    Hesperia 17 (1948), pl. XLI:1.
    AJA 51 (1947), pl. 64.
    BCH 71-72 (1947-1948), pl. LXVI.
    ILN (12 November 1949), p. 748, fig. 6.
    Agora XXXVI, no. T18-10, p. 194, figs. 2.109, 2.112.
References:   Publication: Agora XXXVI
Publication: Hesperia 17 (1948)
Publication: Hesperia 43 (1974)
Drawing: PD 2772-1 (DA 5406)
Images (16)
Deposit: I 18:1
Lot: ΑΡ 34
Card: P 17473