| Inventory Number: | P 4778 | |
| Section Number: | Β 1248 | |
| Title: | Pyxis with Lid | |
| Category: | Pottery | |
| Description: | Intact. a) Flat-bottomed bowl-shaped pyxis; convex side wall, flanged inside to receive lid. Lid and flange pierced for fastening. On pyxis body, at bottom: three bands, zigzag, three bands. A wide band divided by series of three vertical strokes into 16 metopes filled by birds and 4-petalled flowers alternating, the flowers each with four auxiliary straight dotted petals; in the field, horizontal and vertical rows of dots and zigzags. Above, to rim, a zigzag with three horizontal lines above and below. On bottom, inside three rings, a flower with 4 hatched petals; stars in field between ends of petals. b) Lid: flat round lid decorated with series of three narrow, one wide glazed band, alternating. Spiked knob handle with narrow glazed bands. Reddish buff clay, dull rather metallic black glaze. | |
| Context: | Grave 8. | |
| Negatives: | Leica, 5-359, 5-170, 5-66, I-31 | |
| PD Number: | Ptg. 5, Ptg. 74 | |
| Dimensions: | Diam. a) 0.199, b) 0.18; H. (w/ lid) 0.166, a) 0.087 | |
| Date: | 2 March 1935 | |
| Section: | Β | |
| Deposit: | G 12:9 | |
| Period: | Geometric | |
| Bibliography: | Papadopoulos (2007b), p. 125, fig. 120C. | |
| Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), no. XVIII 3, pp. 89, 90, figs. 60, 61. | ||
| AJA 39 (1935), p. 176, fig. 4. | ||
| Agora XIV, p. 14, pl. 23b. | ||
| References: | Publication: Agora XIV Publication: Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939) Publication Pages (4) Drawing: DA 10501 Drawing: DA 10585 Images (5) Deposit: G 12:9 Card: P 4778 Card: P 4778 |