NM Ant 0843 :: pyxis

Object description: Plain rim; short, cylindrical neck; globular body; roughly horizontal, rounded handles on shoulder; low, flaring ring base. Buff to yellowish clay; buff slip; matt, reddish brown and red paint. Inside, outside and base of rim painted; on shoulder pendant rays between red bands; outside of handles painted; below handles two rows of dots between bands; on mid-body frieze with indeterminate number of animal silhouettes, dots as filling ornaments; band above and below frieze; on lower body one broad and one thinner band; base and area right above painted .

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