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
