pyxis

pyxis is a box or vase.

Also recorded as pyxides; pyx; pixi; pix; pixes; pyxes.

Overview

Materials recorded for it include terracotta. Its recorded use is warehouse, casket and container. Catalogue entries for ceramics state body, glaze, marks, restoration and dimensions. VALÉORINE records this subject so that lots referring to it can be described consistently.

In detail

cylindrical box from the classical world

Sources

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reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
“Pyxis (vessel)”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata
Wikidata, structured authority record Q1350279: pyxis
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