Early Bronze Age I

Terracotta pyxis (container) with lid

The shape and incised decoration imitate basketry. H. 6 3/16 in. (15.7 cm); length 10 7/16 in. (26.5 cm)

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References

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 76, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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