Agora Object: P 14818
Inventory Number:   P 14818
Section Number:   ΕΕ 84
Title:   Pyxis Lid
ΤΙΤΛΟΣ:   Kάλυμμα πυξίδας με αγγειόσχημη λαβή Ύστερο Γεωμετρικό
Category:   Pottery
Description:   Mended from several pieces; complete save for a few small bits. A shallow domed lid, from the center of which rises a stout horizontally-ridged stem, on which is set a two-handled cup with straight lip.
The top of the lid is covered by zones of decoration separated by groups of glazed bands; from the outside: tooth pattern, quadruple zigzag and single zigzag, then a broad black bland. Black around base of handle, and on ridged stem. Narrow bands cover lower body of cup; linked concentric circles in handle zone; narrow bands on handles and on interior and exterior of lip. Interior of cup glazed; at the center of its floor a depression ca. 0.035m. deep, extending well down into the stem.
Pinkish clay with smooth buff surface; glaze black to brown, somewhat worn.
ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΦΗ:   Κάλυμμα Γεωμετρικής πυξίδος με αγγειόσχημη λαβή. Φέρει ομόκεντρες ζώνες με γεωμετρικά κοσμήματα και ακτινωτή διακόσμηση.
Context:   Geometric grave.
Notebook Page:   233
Negatives:   Leica, IX-33, XVIII-90, XX-37, 81-277
PD Number:   Ptg. 82, PD 2774-211
Dimensions:   H. 0.17; Diam. (lid) 0.336, (cup at rim) 0.11
Date:   22 April 1939
Section:   ΕΕ
Grid:   ΕΕ:43-44/Θ-Ι
Deposit:   N 21:6
Period:   Geometric
Bibliography:   Wecowski (2014), p. 278, fig. 5.5.
    Papadopoulos (2007b), p. 109, fig. 109.
    Hesperia 29 (1960), pp. 412-413, no. 3, pl. 91.
    Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 291, fig. 34.
    AJA 43 (1939), p. 587, fig. 19.
    Agora XXXVI, no. T24-3, pp. 235-236, fig. 2.145, pl. VIII.
References:   Publication: Agora XXXVI
Publication: Hesperia 9 (1940)
Publication: Hesperia 29 (1960)
Publication Page: Agora 8, s. 133, p. 119
Drawing: DA 12651
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Deposit: N 21:6
Card: P 14818
Card: P 14818