Pyxis with scene in relief

Classification

casket ; relief

Culture

Graeco-Egyptian (culture)

Dimensions

height: 4.5 cm; length: 8.6 cm; thickness: 5.6 cm

Period

Roman Imperial Period (Egypt, 30 B.C. – 395 A.D.)

Material

clay

Iconography

Eros ; Psyche ; couch (kline); tripod ; chariot ; goat ; lamp ; child ; female figure ; mantle

Production place

Egypt

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)

Inventory

T.502.1

ID

Hyp-918

References

Török 1995, 28–29, no. 4; Oroszlán 1930, 69, D 47