White Painted box (pyxis)
Artist
Unknown
Date1100-1000 BCE
Periodend of the Late Bronze Age to the beginning of the Geometric
CultureCypriot
MediumCeramic (wheelmade) with reddish-gray paint
ClassificationCeramics
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.496
On View
Not on viewHeight: (3 7/8 in.) 9.8 cm
Width (handle to handle): (5 3/16 in.) 13.2 cm
Diameter (without handles): (4 7/8 in.) 12.4 cm
Base
Diameter: (1 13/16 in.) 4.53 cm
Rim
Diameter: (1 15/16 in.) 4.89 cm
Thickness (wall): (1/8 in.) 0.39 cm
Piercing
Diameter (at handles): (1/8 in.) 0.37 cm; 0.40 cm
Diameter (at rim): (1/8 in.) 0.26 cm
Handle
Length: (7/16 in.) 1.04 cm; 1.18 cm
Width: (13/16 in.) 2 cm; 2.18 cm
Thickness: (3/8 in.) 0.88 cm; 1.08 cm
Medium Details
Color (Munsell Soil Color Chart)
Fabric: 2.5Y 7/2 (light gray)
Paint: 10R 5/1 (reddish gray) to 10R 5/2, 10R 5/3, and 10R 5/4 (weak red)
Inclusions
some sand, few gravel lime
1100-1000 BCE
900-800 BCE
1050–900 BCE
650-475 BCE
Unknown
