Agora Object: P 5060
Inventory Number:   P 5060
Section Number:   Β 1344
Title:   Pyxis with Lid
ΤΙΤΛΟΣ:   Πυξίδα (κοσμηματοθήκη) και πώμα με τρία πήλινα ομοιώματα αλόγων στη λαβή
Category:   Pottery
Description:   The body mended from two pieces; the lid from many.
a) Pyxis: Low ring foot; convex body with lip flanged inside to receive lid; flange and lid pierced for tying. On body, two narrow bands around bottom, rays, three narrow bands. Wide band separated into panels by parallel horizontal zigzags between four to five vertical bands each side; in each panel, two sections of hatched maeander, running left. Above, three narrow bands; at lip horizontal zigzag. On bottom: at center, large black circle with four reserved circles in it; in each reserved circle, a star. Around circle, series of lozenge-shaped leaves, hatched. Three bands, dotted interlaced zigzags, three bands, inverted rays, three bands, linked dots.
b) Lid: Slightly convex, with raised ring at center around an opening. Diagonal parallel short strokes around edge, three bands, hatched lozenge-shaped leaves, three bands, zigzag, three bands, wide band to raised ring. Three horses as handle, entirely glazed except for linked dots between bands across chests; circle around eyes, crosses on faces, chevrons on noses. Modelled manes, ears and eyes.
Slipped. Dull glaze, red to black, peeled in places.
ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΦΗ:   Γεωμετρική πυξίδα με κάλυμμα, που φέρει τρία ειδώλια ίππων ως λαβή. Στο σώμα διακρίνεται πεδίο με κόσμημα μαιάνδρου, γεωμετρική και ακτινωτή διακόσμηση. Στη βάση φέρει φυτική διακόσμηση.
Context:   Grave 16.
Negatives:   Leica, 5-113, 5-198, 5-357, 82-82, 82-84, color slide
PD Number:   Ptg. 284, Ptg. 287
Dimensions:   Diam. (body) 0.327, (lid) 0.30; H. 0.20
Date:   19 March 1935
Section:   Β
Grid:   Β:32/ΙΒ-ΙΓ
Deposit:   G 12:17
Period:   Geometric
Bibliography:   AgoraPicBk 24 (1998), p. 10, fig. 16.
    Travlos (1971), fig. 15.
    Coldstream (1968), pl. 9f-g.
    AJA 44 (1940), p. 474, noted.
    Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), no. XVII 15, p. 80-83, fig. 54-55.
    Hesperia 5 (1936), p. 31, fig. 30.
    Agora VIII, no. 269.
References:   Publications (4)
Publication Page: Agora 8, s. 75, p. 61
Publication Page: Agora 8, s. 130, p. 116
Drawing: DA 6734
Drawing: DA 10701
Images (28)
Deposit: G 12:17
Notebook: Β-8
Notebook Page: Β-8-93 (pp. 1564-1565)
Card: P 5060
Card: P 5060