cista
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chest
- Image
- Cista Ficoroni crafted by Novios Plautios in Rome 340-330 BCE depicting the Argonauts and Pollux boxing match with Amykos Bronze.jpg
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- different from
- cist
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- Commons category
- Cistae
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Purpose and usage
- Cultic uses
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thumb|Cista Depicting a Dionysian Revel and Perseus with Medusa's Head The Walters Art Museum.
A cista is a box or basket used by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Etruscans and Romans for various practical and mystical purposes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “cista” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.