Category:Pyxides

English: A pyxis (plural pyxides) is a type of container, usually a round box with a separate lid, probably used by women to hold cosmetics, trinkets or jewelery. Surviving pyxides are mostly ancient Greek pottery or glass or ivory or metal or other material, from later periods.
Italiano: Con il termine pyxis (ΠΥΞΙΣ, plurale pyxides), in italiano pìsside, si indica una piccola scatola cilindrica in ceramica, dotata di coperchio, con un diametro medio di 10 cm, che veniva utilizzata nella Grecia antica per contenere profumi, gioielli o unguenti medicinali.

pyxis

cylindrical box from the classical world

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This category has the following 17 subcategories, out of 17 total.

Pyxides by country‎ (2 C)

A

Ancient Egyptian Pyxides‎ (4 C, 11 F)

C

Cathédrale Saint-Just de Narbonne - Pyxide‎ (6 F)
Circular Pyxis‎ (5 F)
Cordoban ivory pyxides‎ (3 C, 6 F)
Early Cycladic pyxides‎ (2 C, 3 F)
Ancient Cypriotic pyxides‎ (3 F)

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Etruscan pyxides‎ (1 C, 13 F)

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Ancient Greek pyxides‎ (5 C, 22 F)

L

Louvre OA 2774‎ (3 F)

M

Minoan pyxides‎ (3 C, 3 F)
Mycenaean pyxides‎ (3 F)

P

Pyxes‎ (21 C, 80 F)
Pyxides in art‎ (4 C, 3 F)
Pyxis (Cylindrical Container) (MET 1998.298a, b)‎ (10 F)
Pyxis (vessel)‎ (3 C)

R

Ancient Roman pyxides‎ (2 C, 7 F)

Media in category "Pyxides"

The following 30 files are in this category, out of 30 total.

02022 1154 Culture of ancient Greek colonies of the Black Sea.jpg 1,967 × 1,308; 622 KB
BM rm 41 ,DSCF9195 Pyxis with Daniel.JPG 4,000 × 3,000; 3.66 MB
Box (pyxis) with Crosses and Vine Scrolls, Syria, 7th-8th century, ivory - Bode-Museum - DSC03507.JPG 2,279 × 2,797; 3.89 MB
Box (pyxis) with Vine Scrolls, Syria, 7th-8th century, ivory and bronze - Bode-Museum - DSC03506.JPG 2,629 × 3,125; 4.16 MB
Byzantine - Circular Pyxis - Walters 7164 - View D.jpg 1,771 × 1,799; 263 KB
Collections in the Diözesanmuseum Rottenburg Pyxis um 1220 Limoges.jpg 4,592 × 2,584; 4.95 MB
Etruscan - Pyxis and lid with sphinx-shaped handle - Walters 71489 - Three Quarter.jpg 1,195 × 1,800; 1.63 MB
Italian - Cylindrical Box or Pyxis - Walters 71308.jpg 812 × 1,024; 168 KB
GNM - Pyxis.jpg 2,560 × 1,712; 872 KB
Ivory 7th-8th century Syrian area 8335.jpg 3,876 × 4,820; 19.71 MB
Louvre-Lens - Les Étrusques et la Méditerranée - 106 - Cité du Vatican, musée grégorien étrusque, inv. 20245 (Pyxide ornée de protomées de taureau) (A).JPG 3,553 × 3,228; 816 KB
Louvre-Lens - Les Étrusques et la Méditerranée - 106 - Cité du Vatican, musée grégorien étrusque, inv. 20245 (Pyxide ornée de protomées de taureau) (A1).jpg 3,415 × 3,228; 5.09 MB
Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine - APMH00008194.jpg 396 × 512; 20 KB
Nürnberg — GNM 2013-09-07 Mattes (106).JPG 4,896 × 3,672; 6.72 MB
Nürnberg — GNM 2013-09-07 Mattes (107).JPG 3,672 × 4,896; 5.61 MB
Pisside in avorio con la fractio panis, 550 dc ca. 01.jpg 3,234 × 2,802; 4.87 MB
Pisside in avorio con la fractio panis, 550 dc ca. 02.jpg 3,282 × 2,880; 4.8 MB
Pisside in avorio con la fractio panis, 550 dc ca. 03.jpg 3,030 × 2,628; 4.07 MB
Pisside in avorio con la fractio panis, 550 dc ca. 04.jpg 2,838 × 2,524; 3.89 MB
Pisside in avorio con la fractio panis, 550 dc ca. 05.jpg 3,564 × 3,036; 5.1 MB
Pisside in avorio con la fractio panis, 550 dc ca. 06.jpg 3,498 × 2,898; 5.1 MB
Pixide Italie Supposé Côte syro-palestinienne Supposé 1500px.jpg 1,191 × 1,500; 586 KB
Pyxid Mari Louvre AO 22986.jpg 1,260 × 1,120; 975 KB
Pyxides, Nea Paphos, Cyprus-DSC09943.jpg 2,717 × 2,062; 1.06 MB
Pyxis and lid, Bayindirköy near Yortan, 2700-2500 BC, BM, ME 132898, 154321.jpg 2,253 × 1,502; 2.32 MB
Pyxis Museum Byzantinische Kunst 003.JPG 1,436 × 1,077; 516 KB
Pyxis steatite Louvre MAO 604ab.jpg 1,300 × 1,480; 1.35 MB
Píxide (28821942244).jpg 1,993 × 2,500; 846 KB
Píxide del Cerro de la Horca - Manuel M. V..jpg 3,686 × 4,391; 8.64 MB
Reliquiar in Form einer Kugeldose-DSC2405.jpg 2,894 × 2,894; 5.09 MB

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