- KTH2702 (Late Classical-Early Hellenistic Corinthian Pyxis Lid) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- KTH Container 32, bag 2
- Comment
- KTHJJB
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Comparanda
- cf. CorinthXIII, p. 144, e.g. no. 49-i-2, pls. 73, 76, 78 (North Cemetery: C. W. Blegen, H. Palmer, and R. S. Young).
- Description
- Powder pyxis small lid. Fragment preserving part of outer edge of lid and part of outer wall of pyxis on the underside. Wall flares out slightly away from lid. On upper surface of low, conical lid an incised groove near the outer edge. 4th century BCE.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Very fine, soft clay with very few visible inclusions (small, subrounded, white). Unglazed.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves ca. 25-30% of lid. Slight to moderate, somewhat extensive abrasion and pitting with chipping around edges; worn breaks; scattered specks of encrustation. Band of black staining (apparently not scorching?).
- Preserved height
- 0.016
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.06
- Has geographic origin
- Corinthia
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Classical (Historical Period)
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KTH2702 (Late Classical-Early Hellenistic Corinthian Pyxis Lid).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth2702>
