Pyxis lid

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Inventory number

Μ 2472

Category

Vessel

Period

Geometric Period

Date

760-700 BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.038 m
Diameter: 0.22 m

Material

Clay

Location

Excavation Museum, Case 3, No 11

Description
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Lid pieced together from fragments and restored with the handle missing. Most likely it probably belonged to a pyxis. It was found in 1998 during the Makrygiannis plot excavation in Well Μ 23.

It is a large conical cover with a broken handle and rich decoration all over its surface. This consists of broad and narrow bands, arranged in concentric circles. Towards the edge of the lid there is a zone with row of dots and another with an undulating line.

Σταμπολίδης, Ν., Παρλαμά, Λ. (επιμ.), Η πόλη κάτω από την πόλη. Ευρήματα από τις ανασκαφές του Μητροπολιτικού Σιδηροδρόμου των Αθηνών, Ίδρυμα Ν.Π. Γουλανδρή, Μουσείο Κυκλαδικής Τέχνης, Φεβρουάριος 2000 - Δεκέμβριος 2001, Αθήνα, 2000, σελ. 64, εικ. 35, αρ.κατ. 35