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Lidded jar (pyxis) with carved scale pattern,
ca. 1390–1330 B.C.

Cretan, 3500 - 1050 BCE

Late Minoan IIIA, 3500 - 1050 BCE

2003-223 a-b

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Title

Lidded jar (pyxis) with carved scale pattern

Dates

ca. 1390–1330 B.C.

Medium

Gypsum

Dimensions

h. 10.2 cm, diam. 13.9 cm (4 x 5 1/2 in.) diam. lip 11.6 cm (4 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund

Object Number

2003-223 a-b

Culture

Cretan

Period

Late Minoan

Type

pyxides, lids

Materials

gypsum

Subject

running ornament, scale pattern

Purchased from Robert Hecht, Jr., New York in 2003.

"Acquisitions of the Princeton University Art Museum 2003," <em>Record of the Princeton University Art Museum</em> 63 (2004): p. 101-141., p. 132

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Cretan (3500 - 1050 BCE), Late Minoan IIIA (3500 - 1050 BCE), ca. 1390–1330 B.C., Lidded jar (pyxis) with carved scale pattern. Gypsum; 10.2 x 13.9 cm. Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund (2003-223 a-b) https://artmuseum-beta.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/42079

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