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Attributed to the Group of the Athena-head Pyxides
Head of Athena
The helmet identifies this personage as Athena. The rendering is comparable to that on the obverse of Athenian coinage. On the pyxis as well as the coins, the format is circular.
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Title: Terracotta pyxis (box)
Artist:
Attributed to the Group of the Athena-head Pyxides
Period: Classical
Date: ca. 400 BCE
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
Dimensions:
H. with cover 2 1/16 in. (5.3 cm)
H. without cover 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm)
diameter of box and cover 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1923
Accession Number: 23.160.14a, b
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