Agora Object: P 3848
Inventory Number:   P 3848
Section Number:   Β 795
Title:   Pyxis Lid Fragment
Category:   Pottery
Description:   The lid belonging to P 3847. About half preserved, but without any of the center. A separate fragment preserves a piece of the knob at the top of the handle. The lid proper restored in plaster.
The lid, glazed at the center, reddish brown to black, is decorated with three narrow bands separated one from the other by three black lines. Innermost, a triangular 'flame' pattern; next, a row of dots; and near the outer edge diagonal hatching. The string holes at the edge of the lid preserved.
Clay and glaze as P 3847.
ADDENDA P 3847:Clay pinkish buff; glaze, black to light brown. The clay micaceous, with bits; light buff slip.
Context:   Turkish well, found with P 3847.
Negatives:   Leica, 7-537
Dimensions:   Est. Diam. 0.234; Max. Dim. (knob fragment) 0.041; Rest. H. ca. 0.035
Date:   5 May 1934
Section:   Β
Grid:   Β:37/ΣΤ
Deposit:   F-G 12:2
Period:   Geometric
Bibliography:   Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), no. B 27, p. 117, fig. 84.
References:   Publication: Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939)
Publication Page: Agora 8, s. 129, p. 115
Image: 2012.26.0269 (7-537)
Deposit: F-G 12:2
Notebook: Β-5
Notebook: Β-7
Notebook Pages (4)
Card: P 3848