Inventory Number: | P 23994 | |
Section Number: | Τ 2971 | |
Title: | Red Figure Pyxis Lid: Type B | |
Category: | Pottery | |
Description: | About half of top and part of side preserved. Rounded rim, set off by groove, projecting; top nearly flat. Around wall, Σ-pattern between bands. The top is apparently covered by a large female head, wearing a kerchief; part of the back of the head and the neck preserved. Glaze inside good black; outside, dull and much peeled. Considerable remains of red wash. Two other similar lids are P 18344 and P 18896 (Hesperia 20 (1951), pl. 72:7,2), but these with heads at somewhat smaller scale, within a frame of chevrons. ADDENDA Broken in two pieces [May 1970]. | |
Context: | Well to north of Nymphaeum, Box 134. | |
Negatives: | Leica | |
Dimensions: | H. 0.057 | |
Date: | 28 April 1954 | |
Section: | Τ | |
Grid: | Τ:115/ΙΣΤ | |
Elevation: | -11.5--11.5m. | |
Masl: | -11.5m. | |
Deposit: | Q 15:2 | |
Period: | Greek | |
Bibliography: | Agora XXX, no. 1031. | |
References: | Publication: Agora XXX Publication Page: Agora 30, s. 295, p. 276 Publication Page: Agora 30, s. 399, p. 380 Object: Agora XXX, no. 1031 Deposit: Q 15:2 Card: P 23994 Card: P 23994 |