Ancient Near East, Canaan, the Levant, ca. 1st millennium BCE. A deep, carved stone vessel with a circular rim, and a lid with a lug-notched handle atop it. The marble is a creamy grey-brown with a series of narrow incised bands on its sloping shoulder and around its body. The pyxis form, a rounded vessel with small fitted lid, is found throughout the ancient Near East and the Classical world, and was probably imported to the ancient Levant from Mycenaean Greece. These have been found in burial chambers beneath Tels, the settlement mounds common to this region, often alongside many other vessels - bowls, oil lamps, juglets, and flasks - some made nearby, others imported from Greece and the Greek South Italic colonies. These items remind us of the interconnected trade world of the ancient Mediterranean, and the rich cultural milieu of the past. Size: 2.25" W x 3.2" H (5.7 cm x 8.1 cm)

Provenance: private New Jersey USA collection, acquired over twenty years ago

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A previous owner filed down the base so that it is flat; otherwise in excellent condition.