Pyxis

Object Number

SMP7495

Name

Pyxis

Description

Pieces of one or more medium-sized

open vessels

parts of base and base and body

respectively. (Coldstream 1972 depicts pieces as if they were joining misleadingly based on preserved parts of profile and section it cannot be ascertained whether they actually formed part of the same vessel; there is no obvious join

the thickness of the sherds in section differs; if from two vessels it is likely that they had a similar shape and decoration). Flat base

indication of cylindrical

only slightly curved body. Semi-fine fabric

wheel-made. Slipped dark on light decoration on inside base (concentric stripes)

outside body (slighlty oblique strokes)

and outside base (bands of concentric circles

egg pattern

floral(?) motifs filled with oblique strokes and hatches

framed by concentric stripes). Cf. publication description: Flat pyxis or tray

base. D. c. 0.028 m. The larger fr. preserves part of the vertical wall

with oblique hatch ing on the outside. Orange clay

lustrous brown-black glaze sic. Broad concentric bands on upper surface. Under neath (seen in photograph)

three zones: (i) triple circles

(ii) outlined tongues

(iii) complex motif in central medallion: apparently a quatrefoil with leaves split in half

and each leaf linked by tangents to a cross hatched triangle attached to the outer frame. Perhaps a Cretan adaptation of the leaf designs under the base of Attic LG I pyxides. and old catalogue description: Two flat base fragments

non-joining

from pyxis or tray. Lustrous brown-black glaze sic

elaborate leaf design under base

& inside bands.

Specimen Count

2

Preservation State

Fragment

Collection Date From

1951

Department

Knossos

Collection

Stratigraphical Museum

Other IDs

1433

EMu IRN

165680