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softcover. Zustand: Fine condition. First Edition. Squarish softcover (approx, 9" wide by 9 7/8" tall) 87 pages. Includes both black and white and color illustrations; Works Cited and Index. Fine condition. 040407A.

Zustand: Fine. The book is in fine condition.

Cypriote Greek pyxis lid, circa 500 B.C., preserves a component of a small lidded container type used throughout the ancient Greek and eastern Mediterranean world for cosmetics, jewelry, and other personal objects. Produced in Cyprus during the transition from the late Archaic to early Classical period, the lid belongs to the island's ceramic material culture at a time when Cyprus maintained extensive connections with Greek and eastern Mediterranean societies. As a surviving element of a utilitarian vessel, it provides physical evidence of the manufacture and decoration of containers associated with personal possessions and domestic life. Cyprus, circa 500 B.C. Terracotta, approximately 3.25 inches in diameter. The circular lid is decorated in dark pigment against the warm earthen surface, with concentric painted bands surrounding a central motif. Its geometric organization is consistent with a long-established decorative vocabulary in eastern Mediterranean ceramic production; comparable Greek pyxis lids employ concentric circles and other banded ornament. Because the corresponding container does not survive with the lid, its original contents, owner, and specific domestic or funerary use cannot be determined. Cyprus occupied a geographically important position between the Aegean and the eastern Mediterranean, and its ceramics developed amid sustained contact with neighboring artistic traditions while retaining local forms and decorative practices. This lid documents that material culture through its terracotta fabric, circular construction, and painted geometric ornament rather than through a complete vessel assemblage. Surface wear and minor abrasions to the painted decoration consistent with age; structurally intact. Overall very good condition.…