Pyxis
MS2854
From: Italy | Latium | Ardea
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS2854 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Italic | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Italy | Latium | Ardea |
| Locus | Fossa Tomb 3 | Pit Grave 3 |
| Date Made | 500 BCE to 400 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Black Figure |
| Description | Black-figured pyxidion. Approximates Beazley Pyxis Type D, lacking lid. Band of thin glaze around top of wall and around lower wall and foot. Otherwise reserved. On wall a succession of representations which look like cursive e's. Intact. Interior is black: perhaps not from glaze but from ink? |
| Height | 4.3 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 4.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Francesco Mancinelli-Scotti; subscription of John Wanamaker, 1898 |
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