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136 r 'IF Arnc I'YXIS 137<br />
The "ases listed above ha.'c certain characteristics of p}'xides of<br />
(\!le A combined with some of type D.<br />
,,,. I (I.oUH(' CA 144J. PI. 81.l) ...h.l\\" the ('onll...·1,:ll"" \\ilh the<br />
11\\1" hpc DU \PI. X2.2}ll1o\t dcarl~. 1 he lid of 111(' 1\1" U p~,i\ I~<br />
flat with a central (ondo surrounded b)' a grou\'c and a<br />
do,", n turned edge. There is no knob. The moulded face of the lid<br />
',.-omplements :I. moulding at the base of the slightly COnC3\'C or<br />
qlindrical wall. The lid of the Louvre pyxis has a rai§Cd ccnlraJ<br />
tnndo decorated with a Nereid on a hippocamp in relieLJ' The<br />
londo of the lid of a pyxis type 0 usually is ornamented with a<br />
figure. object. head or animal. The Nereid relief. how~·er. is a<br />
much more nuld and elaborate composition than any found on a<br />
pyxis type 0 and clearly derh'cs from anOlher source. A Hd "ith a<br />
lundo composition i!> otherwise unknown on a pyxis type A but<br />
the format is Iypical for the pyxi!>, type D.cd abo~·e follo\O.' the<br />
rulC' .
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