pyxis
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The marriage is celebrated here in a pyxis attributed to the Meleager Painter.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2010
Pyxidata means made like a box, from pyxis, a box.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard
On the Dodwell pyxis of 650 to 620 B.C., a man wears an oval shield, covering him from the base of the neck to the ankles.
From Homer and His Age by Andrew Lang
A girl with a pyxis stands on the left behind the throne.
From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by A. H. Smith
The pyxis was used by women at their toilet, and the lekythos, alabastron and askos for oil and unguents.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
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