Caskets and Boxes
(θη̑ηκαι, κιβωτίδια) in late antiquity were normally made of wood; metals and ivory were used for Pyxides and more pretentious specimens in a variety of shapes—oblong, cubical, or spherical, with flat, domed, or pyramidal lids. One of the two large silver caskets in the ... ...
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