Pyxis
- Holding institution:
- Penn Museum
- Data provider:
- Penn Museum
- Title:
- Pyxis
- Description:
- Ivory; six pieces of bulbous part of a pyxis with low relief of female sphinx.Muscarella Publication: "Three joining fragments of a damaged pyxis that form a complete original height. In heraldic position are two couchant sphinxes wearing soft pointed hats. The one preserved has its right wing extended forward touching a palm frond, the other rests along its body; the left wing of the other sphinx touches the other side of the palm. The wings have sections cut out to receive inlays; small drill holes are extant. A small hole drilled within the incised eye once held another inlay. The scene is framed by a zig-zag border above, a plain banded one below. Both exterior and interior are highly polished. At the base of the interior is a narrow inset to receive the separately made bottom held by dowels of which the hole for one is preserved."
- Type:
- Pyxis
- Type (Narrower):
- Containers
- Type (Broader):
- Object
- Geographic region:
- Iran
Hasanlu - Time period:
- Hasanlu Period IV
- Provenance:
- The Hasanlu Project; Robert H. Dyson Jr., 1964
- Medium:
- Ivory
- Extent:
- 3.5
13
1
cm
3.2 - Identifier:
- 96673
- Source:
- 65-31-400
HAS64-976