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pyxis

cylindrical box from the classical world
Class type of: box, vase Q1350279
pyxis
Marie-Lan Nguyen · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

7 properties
Subclass of
box, vase
Has use
warehouse, casket, container[4][5][6]
Culture
Hellenistic period[10]
Different from
pyx[8]
Fabrication method
pottery[9]
Made from material
terracotta[3]
Shape
cylinder[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en pyxis en pix en pixes en pixi en pyx en pyxes en pyxides ar بيكسيد (علبة مجوهرات) ar علبة حليّ ar علبة صغيرة ar علبة مجوهرات ar عليبة de Pyxiden el Πυξίδα es pixis fi Pyksis fr pyxide he פיקסיס it pisside it pissidi
🔖 Identifiers · 13
Library of Congress authority ID
sh97006887
GND ID
4197964-3
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300198889
BabelNet ID
00065471n
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
121551275
FAST ID
1084748
Freebase ID
/m/08553c
Grove Art Online ID
T070215
IdRef ID
030058104
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007544548905171
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3964759
PACTOLS thesaurus ID
pcrtBnFSZZpTMl
Show all 13 identifiers +1
Yale LUX ID
concept/94b3fe32-5465-419d-9bd7-523d1baaf36e

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🔗 Connections
Has use 3
warehouse, container, casket
Examples 2
pyxis of al-Mughira, Situla of the Pania
Subclass of 2
box, vase
Culture 1
Hellenistic period
Different from 1
pyx
Fabrication method 1
pottery
Made from material 1
terracotta
Shape 1
cylinder
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Summary

pyxis is a type of box[1] and vase[2].

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  1. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fabrication method → pottery
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → box, vase
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007544548905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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