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138 I HE ArTlC PYXI5
SALLY RUTHERf'URD ROBERTS 139
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I 4C'ml XIL JIH, Dcpo!lll 0 19,-4 Wdlu\,' lilhn~ 1.'\1 quafltr lillh I.Tnlun"
IluTlIp,.'t:I tilling ahhough tnr l~ mO"i1 PiU! I.·"n,i~lo:nrh .'1 thl." '.I"l~· ~n"d.
.LJlII,Jn,:n11~ n", dcpo"!iUcd I'>ol:lt'fl" Ilk' 2nd I."cnrun B (. P i'll,jq- ., h"l1\ ,IK' ,IUnllll.."C!
IiIhnt:.
1. ~l'\' p. 51 III 1nl.
1 See p. h] (11 1(')(1.
4. Klaus Vierncisel. "Dle Ausgrabungen im Kerameikos," AA I (1964) 432. fi~.
24-25.
5. It should ~ nOled that although the profiles of these an.- similar. in ~ion the,'
diner in detaIl. the cenlral portion ~ithin the ero\l\ning ridge nf the knob being
hollo.... t:d OUI in Ihe case of Ihe Ccramicu~ pp.is.
6. Lut)' Talcoll and olhen;, Smllll OtJj«ts Irum ".,. Pn)'x 11. Jlrs/Wn'u' Suppll'ml'tlt
X IPnn~on '(56) no. 139. p. 35 and fig, J. There daled laIc fifth cenlut}
-. ANV. 1222. '·3.
8. Mls~ Phihppaki undenook 10 unglue the parts of Ihe JOin. The join is all right.
the gla:t.e is the same. 11lc knob belungs to the lid mnd it appears thal no part of the
stem b mi\\ing. I am moch indebted to Miss Philippaki for reexamining this
thtun:.
9. KarlXhefokt. Urul'n",ltulJ1!f'n =u df'n K""ucltr,. Vas,'n (Berlin 1934) 59-W. nos.
5t(2 I!). 5Mb and 5Ma Tllthe li\t 01 ,,'mple. 'lIIg1c p)xi,il''1 of I}JX' A ,hilI/Ill ",-. oI,hh:rl
the follo\\ing examples: Athens 1324 (CC. 19(6) H 0.146, H. \\irh lid 0.245; Athens
1325 (Cc. 19(3), H. 0.134, H. 'Aith lid 0.22 (me:ll>un:ment'l SUPI>lied br Mi\'1
Philippakil; Athens 1320 (CC. 1%4) H 0.13, H 'Ailh hd 0.20; Athens. Ago... P
1(,10'" lid 1'111) D.O 14() IAgnru XII. 177.321S nn. IJ05, 1'1. 431: Halm 1%.1.10. H
0.10":, H. _nh lid 0.26: Oxford 1934.330. hd only, D. 0.118. The salu.:nt
characterblll~ are: lid under influence of p)'llis, IlPC C tdomed \\lIh rim 011 IIJ'Aer
klcll: ho, .. lightly l'\lIlCa\l~ 'Allh prujcl'linJ( Imwr l1al1)te; taflll:lrr\l" Pntfll,rti"n" !.l'.•
H. "'ith lid greater Ihan Ihal recorded for mlXt I:Uer fifth l-cnIUr) ennlplC'!O: knob:
comcill mc:mber surmountmg disk-l1kc: form on stem swelling tlWo,uds its apex. Tbc
hd' ut GOllin~n \Sehefold no. 58..1), WUr/burg H 5333 tA",K I~ Il lr'2] 10. pi 5)
ami Pn\ale Cnlkcllon f(arv11lJ Llld",,/( Cunill~. 148-150. pis. 51·5.1) an: mi.. \il1~
The black glue hd of the laller is alien. It should date ca. 440-420 H.C. and clearl)'
dlXs not belong to the pyxis. The boldly extended lo\\~r ked of the boll requires a
uTlln,ti:l~ pn'JCt·tin,ti: lid a!\o in Tororllu9195.32 (PI. 8·4,,, and 011\0 l'n:ater hel}!hllU the
knob. TlM.'T\" ~m 10 be no cenam cnlcria b) 'AhK'h 10 Jud~ ~hcth~r tht.'\.t' thrl":
hdk...\ p}\ldl"'> 'Aen: ul ~ingle or doubt.: fOf"m For dISCUS\IUn of Ih,' P'XI\ fll douh ....
t}p..' sel'I). IlbffollclI.
10. ARV, 1277.22·25.
I J. .xhefokl. Untt'nuchungf'lJ. 59. no. 583. prov'des a fourth ecntuf) czamplc of a
double pyIis, l)-pr A. lI;th a pp:ic:hon of t)~ C. The lid of Ihe p)xidion is of brunl.t·
(CVA. Iknmark 4. Cupenhagen 4, pI. 163. 5a-bl.
12. The context \uggest\ a date in lhe second quarter oflhe fourth l-entUf).
1.1, Schetold. U",aSIIl f/lll/}.!"". 59. no. 5R4 lpI'. 74. 70, gO. Ihcrl' d:Hl'l.l J70..l00
IH..1: ARV. ISOJ l'ollflm; MUII'n'ul po Adthl'l.J!Uj.!// RWi// 35. p. tl5. pI. Y
14. xhefold, Unt('nuchuRgt-n. 59, no. 580 (p. 76, there dated 370-J60 B.C.);
Arr"Eph 09(2) pis. 5-6. Berlin 33iJ. Schdold. no. 581. pI. 17.2 (pp. 75, % and 9-
and then: dated J()()..3SO B.C.) show\ ,a pyxidion of a different Iype, supported by a
tnpanl{e foot and so IS 01 a form ldenlical to the mam box. The knob of the
p)xidion i.. \imilar in form to thos.e of the \ingle pyllides of lhe Kerch series.
15. Pder F. C~t, "Anle Pottery of the Later Fifth Century:' HOfNntJ 18 (19491
m. pk. i3.1; -0,2; --.3; 82.12; TalCOlt _od Othel"5. Small ObpclS}Tom the Pn)'x:
11, H('ipula Suppif'ml'nt X. pis, 4.29: 9.118; 13.158 lserond quarter of fourth
century): Arias and Hirmer, pl\. 204. 205, 21&
1&, Scht:fold. Untt·nuchuflgt'lJ. 59. 00. 580, 581. 583a. 583b and 584. Unfonunatel},
I do not ha\'e \ufficlent information 10 Ir.""",. the form of no. 584a. As may be secn
b). a comparison ~ith the list of slllgle pyxidn of type A of the Kerch \Cries tstt
3hl}\e n. 91 the latter appear to be shghtl) more numl;'n.u) in contradiclion to
Schefold's indication.
1'. There is a dass of tall-stemmed. elaborately profiled. marble pyxidcs fe~ of
~hich a~ publishtd The diameter of the concave pyxis is lI'ider at lhe top than al
h,l\ al1llrn,:ullenlal ring al the lllp and I flaring bax \UPPllned b} thTff 10-;1 f"'el. It
ha\ .. narms: rtlund nm. the paralld edge