Pyxis
（πυξίς). A small case made of box-wood (πύξος). It was used as a jewel-case or for the preservation of any small object of value (Petron. 110). |
| Pyxis. (Herculaneum.) |
Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.
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