Inventory Number: | P 5061 | |
Section Number: | Β 1345 | |
Title: | Pyxis with Lid | |
Category: | Pottery | |
Description: | The lid complete; one horse broken off but repaired; the body intact. a) Pyxis: Low pseudo-ring foot, convex side-wall, lip flanged inside; flange and lid pierced for tying. Wide band around bottom; between two narrow bands a broad zone; in panels, hatched swastikas with dot rosettes between their arms. Between panels, parallel horizontal zigzags bordered by vertical lines on each side. On bottom: center, many-rayed star; around it, a ring of concentric lozenge-shaped leaves with dot rosettes between their tips; between three bands inside and out. Around edge wide band. b) Lid: Shallow convex lid with three-horse handle. Around edge: diagonal strokes, three bands, row of linked dots, three bands, diagonal strokes. Horses glazed black; bands on reserved manes and tails, linked dots between bands across reserved chests, St. Andrew's crosses on faces. Creamy slip; dull black and brown glaze, much peeled. | |
ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΦΗ: | Γεωμετρική πυξίδα με κάλυμμα, που φέρει τρία ειδώλια ίππων ως λαβή. Στο σώμα διακρίνεται διακόσμηση από αγκυλωτούς σταυρούς, ρόδακες και γεωμετρικά σχήματα. Στη βάση φέρει φυτική και ακτινωτή διακόσμηση. | |
Context: | Grave 16. | |
Handling: | Object should be protected from vibration and impact. It should be placed on a padded surface for display. Lid: object should not be picked up by the horses which pose as a handle. Object should rest on padded surface for display and not on the pyxis base. | |
Negatives: | Leica, 5-113, 5-199, 82-79, 82-83, I-35, color slide | |
PD Number: | Ptg. 49, Ptg. 51 | |
Dimensions: | Diam. (body) 0.215, (lid) 0.198; H. 0.16 | |
Material: | Ceramic | |
Date: | 19 March 1935 | |
Section: | Β | |
Grid: | Β:32/ΙΒ-ΙΓ | |
Deposit: | G 12:17 | |
Period: | Geometric | |
Bibliography: | Travlos (1971), fig. 15. | |
Coldstream (1968), pl. 9m-n. | ||
AJA 44 (1940), p. 474, noted. | ||
Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), no. XVII 17, pp. 80, 84, figs. 54, 56. | ||
Hesperia 5 (1936), p. 31, fig. 30. | ||
Agora VIII, no. 252. | ||
References: | Publication: Agora VIII Publication: Hesperia 5 (1936) Publication: Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939) Publication Page: Agora 8, s. 74, p. 60 Publication Page: Agora 8, s. 130, p. 116 Drawing: DA 10600 Drawing: DA 10602 Images (9) Deposit: G 12:17 Notebook: Β-8 Notebook Page: Β-8-93 (pp. 1564-1565) Card: P 5061 Card: P 5061 |