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 |