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AST919a

Terracotta pyxis with lid

Archaic period
H: 9.00 cm RIM: 11.70 cm BASE: 11.50 cm

Pyxis with lid made of brown clay. Cylindrical body with flat base that exceeds the walls. The cylindrical lid covers the whole body up to the base. On the lid’s upper surface plastic ring with incised grooves. Written decoration in black and red color. The central decorative zone consists of metopes decorated with hourglasses and triglyphs of thin vertical lines. The decoration is supplemented by thin and wide bands. Corinthian workshop.

CATEGORY
Vessel
KIND
Pyxis
MATERIAL
Clay
COLOR
Brown
CONDITION
Solid
ARCHAIC PERIOD_TERRACOTA CASKET WITH CAP_919_127_Sep 23 2022

Terracotta pyxis with lid

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