NM Ant 1335
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pyxis
- Object description
- Plain rim; short, slanting neck; ridge encircling junction between neck and body; globular body; raised, rounded handles on shoulder; tall, cylindrical stem with offset base. Soft, buff clay; matt, red and lustrous, black paint, partly misfired to red or brown. Inside and outside of neck painted black; inscribed tongues on shoulder; handles painted black, perhaps with added red; below handles double row of dots between two lines and two bands; on body large frieze with six horsemen, two facing right and four facing left, each rider holds a rod in his hand - incised contours and details in the frieze; below frieze one broad band between double lines; on stem reserved net pattern between double lines; base encircled.
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