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Pyxis, Cosmetics Container

1922.01.0227A

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification	Pyxis, Cosmetics Container (1922.01.0227A)
Classification/ Nomenclature	Personal Artifacts : Toilet Articles : Beauty Supplies
Artist/Maker	Unknown
Geographic Location	Europe, West : Greece : Peloponisos : Corinth
Period	Archaic Period (800 - 480 BC), Late Corinthian
Date	550 BCE
Culture	Greek, Corinthian

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Width)	18.7 cm
Dimension 2 (Height)	6.4 cm
Dimension 3 (Diameter)	7.3 cm
Weight	254 g
Measuring Remarks	Under Review
Materials	Ceramic--Terracotta, Pigment--Glaze
Manufacturing Processes	Throwing, Firing, Glazing

Research Remarks

Description	CORINTHIAN (?) PYXIS AND LID Shape and Ornament: Convex body with flaring foot and reflex handles. Slightly concave lid with conical, flaring handle. Pyxis: Wide glaze band on interior, two wide bands on exterior of body and foot. Zigzags between exterior bands. Edge of foot glazed. Lid: glazed except for broad reserved band with key pattern, dots, and a border are esses around a depression with glazed bans. Accessory Colors: red: dilute lines on lid, alternating bands on top of handle. Late Corinthian, about 550 B.C. --Wisseman, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Plate 2, 8.
Published Description	Under Review
Bibliography	Wisseman, Sarah U. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Philipp von Zabern: Mainz, 1989. Page 5, Plate 2, 8.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication	University of Marburg Archaeological Seminar Collection
Reproduction	no

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