Pyxis with cross-hatched lozenge decoration, Tomb 1, Salamis
Object card: 1965. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1524. "Pyxis with cross-hatched lozenge decoration, Tomb 1, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Object card
English, translated from the French record
Pyxis with a thin lip, cylindrical body, vertical rim and very reduced carinated shoulder, wheel-made with a flat base slightly recessed and a handle base applied against the lower wall; beige-greenish fabric with grits, friable, surface worn, black paint turning greenish brown. Incomplete, restored from fragments; concentric bands under the base and vertical bands of cross-hatched lozenges and triangles with opposed hatching, Proto-White Painted; base diameter 29 cm, height 22 cm. From Tomb 1, Salamis; negative 00116_03; inventory V_0477; April 1965.
French, as on the record
num planche : PL_25
chantier : Tombe 1
objet : Céramique : Vases fermés
diam. fond : 29. — Au tour
dim. : h. : 22
lèvre amincie
panse cylindrique
panse à quadrillage en damiers
peinture noire virant au brun verdâtre
pâte beige verdâtre avec graviers, friable
rebord vertical
surface usée. — Fond plat un peu rentré
épaule carénée très réduite
Pyxide — Incomplète, recollée
base d’une anse plaquée contre le bas de la paroi. — Sous le fond bandes concentriques
bandes verticales de losanges quadrillés et de triangles à rayures opposées. — Proto-White Painted.
dessin : D_1974
diapositives : C_0339
inv objet : V_0477
negatif : 00116_03
pub : SAL_PUB_II_P_CAT_02_0079_p_0041
type :Pyxide
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