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Argive Late Geometric monumental globular pyxis (detail 5: decoration on loop foot) by Dan Diffendale

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

Argive Late Geometric monumental globular pyxis (detail 4: wrestlers under handle) by Dan Diffendale

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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

Argive Late Geometric monumental globular pyxis (detail 3: water birds on rim) by Dan Diffendale

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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

Argive Late Geometric monumental globular pyxis (detail 2: water bird with fish) by Dan Diffendale

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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

Argive Late Geometric monumental globular pyxis (detail 1) by Dan Diffendale

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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

Argive Late Geometric monumental globular pyxis by Dan Diffendale

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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

Early Iron Age skyphos/deep bowl from Argos by Dan Diffendale