Large (ca. 1 m high) globular pyxis with tripod loop feet
Greek, made at Argos, Late Geometric Ib, ca. 740-730 BCE
From Argos (on Pleiades), Tomb 23 (excavated 1953, Bakaloiannis plot), in which it contained the bones of an adult woman, about 35 years old, and was stopped with an LG IIb krater (C.210), which provides a terminus post quem of ca. 715 BCE for the burial.
For the context of the burial, see Susan Langdon, "Beyond the Grave: Biographies from Early Greece," American Journal of Archaeology Vol. 105, No. 4 (Oct., 2001), pp. 579-606.
Archaeological Museum of Argos, Greece
Inv. C.209
Tags: 8th c. BCE mid 8th c. BCE late 8th c. BCE 2nd half 8th c. BCE 3rd quarter 8th c. BCE 730s BCE 720s BCE 710s BCE Late Geometric Geometric Argive Late Geometric pyxis globular pyxis monumental Iron Age pleiades:findspot=570106 Argos Άργος Ἄργος Argo Аргос آرغوس Argive Greece Ελλάδα Grecia Griechenland Grèce Греция Yunanistan Greek greco grecque اليونان ελληνικός wrestlers wrestling athletes athletics sports games competition agon πάλη pale lotta pottery ceramic Keramik κεραμικά céramique seramik Керамика çömlekçilik керамику сосуд فخار pot vase vessel fictile ceramica fittile
Large (ca. 1 m high) globular pyxis with tripod loop feet
Greek, made at Argos, Late Geometric Ib, ca. 740-730 BCE
From Argos (on Pleiades), Tomb 23 (excavated 1953, Bakaloiannis plot), in which it contained the bones of an adult woman, about 35 years old, and was stopped with an LG IIb krater (C.210), which provides a terminus post quem of ca. 715 BCE for the burial.
For the context of the burial, see Susan Langdon, "Beyond the Grave: Biographies from Early Greece," American Journal of Archaeology Vol. 105, No. 4 (Oct., 2001), pp. 579-606.
Archaeological Museum of Argos, Greece
Inv. C.209
Tags: 8th c. BCE mid 8th c. BCE late 8th c. BCE 2nd half 8th c. BCE 3rd quarter 8th c. BCE 730s BCE 720s BCE 710s BCE Late Geometric Geometric Argive Late Geometric pyxis globular pyxis monumental Iron Age pleiades:findspot=570106 Argos Άργος Ἄργος Argo Аргос آرغوس Argive Greece Ελλάδα Grecia Griechenland Grèce Греция Yunanistan Greek greco grecque اليونان ελληνικός bird water bird pottery ceramic Keramik κεραμικά céramique seramik Керамика çömlekçilik керамику сосуд فخار pot vase vessel fictile ceramica fittile
Large (ca. 1 m high) globular pyxis with tripod loop feet
Greek, made at Argos, Late Geometric Ib, ca. 740-730 BCE
From Argos (on Pleiades), Tomb 23 (excavated 1953, Bakaloiannis plot), in which it contained the bones of an adult woman, about 35 years old, and was stopped with an LG IIb krater (C.210), which provides a terminus post quem of ca. 715 BCE for the burial.
For the context of the burial, see Susan Langdon, "Beyond the Grave: Biographies from Early Greece," American Journal of Archaeology Vol. 105, No. 4 (Oct., 2001), pp. 579-606.
Archaeological Museum of Argos, Greece
Inv. C.209
Tags: 8th c. BCE mid 8th c. BCE late 8th c. BCE 2nd half 8th c. BCE 3rd quarter 8th c. BCE 730s BCE 720s BCE 710s BCE Late Geometric Geometric Argive Late Geometric pyxis globular pyxis monumental Iron Age pleiades:findspot=570106 Argos Άργος Ἄργος Argo Аргос آرغوس Argive Greece Ελλάδα Grecia Griechenland Grèce Греция Yunanistan Greek greco grecque اليونان ελληνικός bird water bird fish pesce pottery ceramic Keramik κεραμικά céramique seramik Керамика çömlekçilik керамику сосуд فخار pot vase vessel fictile ceramica fittile
Large (ca. 1 m high) globular pyxis with tripod loop feet
Greek, made at Argos, Late Geometric Ib, ca. 740-730 BCE
From Argos (on Pleiades), Tomb 23 (excavated 1953, Bakaloiannis plot), in which it contained the bones of an adult woman, about 35 years old, and was stopped with an LG IIb krater (C.210), which provides a terminus post quem of ca. 715 BCE for the burial.
For the context of the burial, see Susan Langdon, "Beyond the Grave: Biographies from Early Greece," American Journal of Archaeology Vol. 105, No. 4 (Oct., 2001), pp. 579-606.
Archaeological Museum of Argos, Greece
Inv. C.209
Tags: 8th c. BCE mid 8th c. BCE late 8th c. BCE 2nd half 8th c. BCE 3rd quarter 8th c. BCE 730s BCE 720s BCE 710s BCE Late Geometric Geometric Argive Late Geometric pyxis globular pyxis monumental Iron Age pleiades:findspot=570106 Argos Άργος Ἄργος Argo Аргос آرغوس Argive Greece Ελλάδα Grecia Griechenland Grèce Греция Yunanistan Greek greco grecque اليونان ελληνικός bird water bird pottery ceramic Keramik κεραμικά céramique seramik Керамика çömlekçilik керамику сосуд فخار pot vase vessel fictile ceramica fittile
Large (ca. 1 m high) globular pyxis with tripod loop feet
Greek, made at Argos, Late Geometric Ib, ca. 740-730 BCE
From Argos (on Pleiades), Tomb 23 (excavated 1953, Bakaloiannis plot), in which it contained the bones of an adult woman, about 35 years old, and was stopped with an LG IIb krater (C.210), which provides a terminus post quem of ca. 715 BCE for the burial.
For the context of the burial, see Susan Langdon, "Beyond the Grave: Biographies from Early Greece," American Journal of Archaeology Vol. 105, No. 4 (Oct., 2001), pp. 579-606.
Archaeological Museum of Argos, Greece
Inv. C.209
Tags: 8th c. BCE mid 8th c. BCE late 8th c. BCE 2nd half 8th c. BCE 3rd quarter 8th c. BCE 730s BCE 720s BCE 710s BCE Late Geometric Geometric Argive Late Geometric pyxis globular pyxis monumental Iron Age pleiades:findspot=570106 Argos Άργος Ἄργος Argo Аргос آرغوس Argive Greece Ελλάδα Grecia Griechenland Grèce Греция Yunanistan Greek greco grecque اليونان ελληνικός wrestlers wrestling athletes athletics sports games competition agon πάλη pale lotta pottery ceramic Keramik κεραμικά céramique seramik Керамика çömlekçilik керамику сосуд فخار pot vase vessel fictile ceramica fittile