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THE ATTIC PvXlS
SAllY ROVHERFURD ROIlERn
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IS. Athen.s, Agoru P n26. from Athens.
lid missing. About a third preserYed. H. 0.077: D. eSI. of rim
0.08.
Black inward-sloping rim. cylindrical body. trip'!r1ite foot.
Black. rounded moulding at base of wall. raised ring with
added red abm'c it. Black moulding at top of foot.
Semi-glazed. Agoro XII. no. 1287. p. 327. pI. 43. fig. 11.
Deposit T 18:)·U; for the foot cf. Ne 133. no. 1508. fig. 176.
550·515 B.C.
16. Hf'ideJberg 274, froon Athens. PI. 4.3.
Knob missing. H. 0.065. H. with lid O.O~S3, D. 301 rim O.OMS. D.
of lid 0.087. H. of foot 0.006.
Wide nal rim. concave. tripartite foot. Lid rises steeply to
eenter. nanged beneath.
Lid: three black circles on either side of chain of lotus buds
with points upward. linked by arcs and dotted below.
White dot on c\'ery other lotus point. Band of wavy tines.
Zeds on sKle of lid. Three black circles at top and base with
four circles at the mid-point separating the zone of rosettes from
the chain of lotus buds below.
Black.figure; CVA, Gemlany 10. HeKlelberg I. pI. 41.10.
Ca. 540-520 B_C.
17. Brussels A 1375, from Thebes. PI. 5.1.
Lid missing. H. 0.14, D. 0.23.
Wide flat rim projecting beyond line of wall. concave. Iow black
ring foot.
Wreath of leaves on rim. frieze bordered above and below by
black line.
8fJ1wm: black reserved circle at center and interior edge of foot.
Fr;eze: Scenes 01" the hippodrome: quadrigas. mounted horsenlen
and traill~r.
Black.figure; CVA, Belgium I. pI. 12.
Cu. 520 B.C.
A • lIS Agora P /JI29. from AtMns.
18. t e . .
Lid missing. About a third p~rved. H. rres. 0.042. D. est. at
rim ca_ 0.03. .. .
Conca\"e. inset flange for lid. tnpartlte foot.
Red line at top. black line at base of wall, black band around
middle.
Semi-glazed. AgQI"Q Xli. 327. no. 1288. pI. 43. fig. 11. Deposit
U 25,2·L.
550-525 B.C.
I~. Princetorl. private.
One foot restored, H. 0.085. H. with lid 0.14. D. at rim 0.09. D.
of lid 0.095.
Concave. wilh wide flat rim, four feet. Lid flanged beneath.
Three reserved lines on rim. another around middle of wall and a
grooved line near the lower edge. Vertical rilled edge of lid and
'''''0 circles on upper surface reserved. Added red for under
surface of rim at base of wall. vertical edge of lid and moulding at
base of knob.
Black. Agora XII. 320. no. 1286. pI. 43. fig. 11.
Ca_ 515 B.C.
~ earliest example (no. I) comes from a ehild's urn burial in
the Athenian Agora dated ca. 6(X) B.e. The shape carelessly made
and decorated reflects the concave form of the Early Corinthian
prototype.
Athens 316 (no. 2. PI. 1.1) is a replica of the Early Corinthian
form minus the handles. The rim slopes slightly inwards and its
lid may well have been like that of Boston (no. 7. Fig. la). The
range of vase shapes decorated by the Polos Painter is derived
from Corinth.]
. Another slightly later pyxis dated 10 the second quarter of the
SIxth century is derived from a variant of the Early Corinthian
shape in which the vase is formed as a kalathos with flat handles
at the eenter of the body.• The Ceramicus pyxis (no. 3) is shaped
as a kalathos but the handles are at the rim and the lid curves
toward the center as in the normal Early Corinthian type. An