Lid

Pyxis

MS3439B

From: Italy | Etruria | Orvieto

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS3439B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Attic
Provenience Italy | Etruria | Orvieto
Manufacture Location Attica
Date Made 550-500 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Black Figure
Iconography Inscription | Horseman | Rider | Horse | Woman
Description

Lid of Nicosthenic pyxis. Men, women, youths on horseback. On top of lid in reserved zone 4 horsemen separated by groups of two or more. The inscriptions are nonsense. MS 4865D joins MS 3439B.

Outside Diameter 17.2 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Riccardo Mancini; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1898

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