Pyxis
- Description
- This is an ancient Greek pyxis, a vessel with a lid thought to have been used for storing cosmetics or trinkets. Traces of decoration remain on the body.
- Accession Loan No.
- A482
- Collection Class
- Foreign archaeology
- Common Name
- pyxis
- Simple Name
- vessel
- Full Name
- jar and lid, pyxis
- Cultural Group
- Greek
- Family Group
- Material
- pottery
- Collection Site Name
- Athens
- Collection Town
- Athens
- Collection Country
- Greece
- Collection Area Region
- Southern Europe
- Collection Continent
- Europe
