Lidded pyxis

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Inventory number

ΝΑ 1959 ΝΑΚ 23

Artist

Attic workshop

Category

Vessel

Period

Geometric Period

Date

750-730 BC

Dimensions

Height: including lid 0.075 m
Rim diameter: 0.085 m
Base diameter: 0.037 m
Lid diameter: 0.078 m

Material

Clay

Location

Gallery of the Acropolis Slopes, Case 1, No 51

Description
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Pyxis mended of many fragments found in 1959 at a cemetery on the south slope of the Acropolis. It comes from Burial XV-13 and was deposited as a

burial offering

Its base is flat, the body concave in profile and has one horizontal and one vertical handle. The lid is conical with a high handle. The pot’s surface is decorated with dots between hatched triangles, parallel bands, short lines and one dotted rosette near the horizontal handle.

Χαριτωνίδης, Σ.Ι., «Ευρήματα Πρωτογεωμετρικής και Γεωμετρικής εποχής της ανασκαφής νοτίως της Ακροπόλεως», Αρχαιολογικόν Δελτίον 28, 1973, σελ. 18-19, πίν. 10α-γ, σχ. 7, αρ. κατ. ΓΜ 41