Pyxis with animal-shaped (dog-shaped) handle, covered with incisions forming triangles. (This decorative motif was common in the Cyclades in the Early Bronze Age.) Early Bronze Age, about 2400 BC. Green steatite. From the Palace of Zakros. (A similar pyxis lid found in Mochlos appears to have been crafted by the same artist.) Archaeological Museum of Heraklion.
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