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Pyxis fragment

1000–701 B.C.
Object PlaceProbably northern Syria
Medium/TechniqueSteatite
DimensionsOverall: 43 x 75cm (16 15/16 x 29 1/2in.)
Credit LineAnonymous gift in memory of Robert E. Hecht, Jr. and Julia Kirk Hecht
Accession number62.961
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceSaid to be from Syria. 1962, gift of Robert E. Hecht, Jr. to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 10, 1962)
Kohl jar with lid
1479–1425 B.C.
Kohl pot and cover
1550–1295 B.C.
Kohl jar
1550–1070 B.C.
Kohl jar
1550–1070 B.C.
Kohl jar
1991–1640 B.C.
Pyxis
9th–8th century B.C.
Ointment or libation bowl
about 9th century B.C.
a-b
9th–8th century B.C.
690–542 B.C.