ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art
Pyxis with Lid
Place CreatedAsia
CultureBactrian
PeriodBronze Age
Date3rd millennium BCE
MediumChlorite, limestone
Credit LineGift in honor of Katie and Ian Walker
Dimensions6 7/8 x 2 1/4 in. (17.5 x 5.7 cm)
Object number2005.063.004A/B
Exhibition HistoryFrom Pharaohs to Emperors: New Egyptian and Classical Antiquities at Emory, Michael C. Carlos Museum, January 14 - April 2, 2006MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, 2006 - February 12, 2018
Published ReferencesPeter Lacovara and Jasper Gaunt, "From Pharaohs to Emperors: Egyptian, Near Eastern & Classical Antiquities at Emory," Minerva (January/February 2006): 9-16.
ProvenanceWith BC Galleries, Armadale, Australia, July 2005. Purchased by MCCM from Sue McGovern-Huffman [Sands of Time Antiquities], Washington DC.
Status
Not on viewCollections
- Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
8th Century BCE
8th Century BCE
8th Century BCE
8th Century BCE
2nd-3rd Century CE
4th Century BCE
late 5th - early 4th Century BCE
early 6th Century BCE
5th Century BCE
ca. 6th-8th Century CE
