Object Title
Pyxis with Lid
Measurements
17.5 x 5.7 cm
Creation Date
3rd millennium BCE
Credit Line
Gift in honor of Katie and Ian Walker
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/13039/pyxis-with-lid?ctx=e1b834cdfb527b58b9ace25dcab9a472cada3b48&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
With BC Galleries, Armadale, Australia, July 2005. Purchased by MCCM from Sue McGovern-Huffman [Sands of Time Antiquities], Washington DC.
Exhibition Information
From Pharaohs to Emperors: New Egyptian and Classical Antiquities at Emory, Michael C. Carlos Museum, January 14 - April 2, 2006;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, 2006 - February 12, 2018
Publication Information
Peter Lacovara and Jasper Gaunt, "From Pharaohs to Emperors: Egyptian, Near Eastern & Classical Antiquities at Emory," Minerva (January/February 2006): 9-16.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
Purchased by museum in 2005.