Pyxis Lid Fragment
73-25-50
From: Greece | Argolid | Argive Heraeum (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 73-25-50 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Corinthian |
| Provenience | Greece | Argolid | Argive Heraeum (uncertain) |
| Period | Early Corinthian |
| Date Made | 620-590 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Iconography | Goose | Horse |
| Description | Pyxis lid fragment. Rim fragment of flat-flanged pyxis lid. Hard, buff clay. Underside unglazed. Top surface covered with cream colored slip. Around the outer edge is a zone formed by two wheel-painted purple lines in which are a silhouetted goose and horse advancing to right. On inner edge are two points of rays. "Heraeum" in pencil on under surface. |
| Width | 2.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 4.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Robert H. Bates, 1973 |
| Other Number | L-224-61 - Old Loan Number |
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