Pyxis
- Description
- A ‘pyxis’ is a type of ancient Greek vessel used for storing cosmetics or trinkets. This one is decorated with images of a goat, panthers and a siren.
- Accession Loan No.
- 40/1922/13
- Collection Class
- Foreign archaeology
- Common Name
- pyxis
- Simple Name
- vessel
- Full Name
- container; pyxis
- Dimensions
- with lid height 150 mm; without lid height 120 mm; whole diameter 155 mm
- Cultural Group
- Greek
- Period Classification
- Archaic - 1100-500 BC
- Production Town
- Corinth
- Production Country
- Greece
- Family Group
- Material
- pottery; terracotta; Corinthian
- Collector / Excavator
- Harrison-Fawcett, R., Colonel
- Collection Country
- Greece
- Collection Area Region
- Southern Europe
- Collection Continent
- Europe
