ivory carvings, such as this pyxis, the Pyxis of Zamora. The iconography found within the carvings on the surfaces of many of the pyxides created during...
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of a terracotta "Type III: High Concave-sided" pyxis style Example of a "pointed" style of pyxis, ca. 900-875 BC, Louvre Museum Pyxis of Zamora Pyxis...
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exhibited. Two items of the so-called Alhambra vases [es] stand out within the collection of Nasrid pottery [es]. Pyxis of Zamora The deer of Medina Azahara [es]...
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Al-Andalus (redirect from Etymology of Al-Andalus)
epigraphic motifs. Notable surviving examples include the Pyxis of al-Mughira, the Pyxis of Zamora, and the Leyre Casket. During the Taifas period, art and...
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Ivory carving (category Ivory works of art)
visual characteristics. In the Pyxis of Zamora, the inscription reads, "The sight I offer is of the fairest, the firm breast of a delicate maiden. Beauty has...
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The Lady of Elche (Spanish: Dama de Elche, Valencian: Dama d'Elx) is a limestone bust that was discovered in 1897, at La Alcudia, an archaeological site...
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Madrid (redirect from Culture of the Community of Madrid)
Santos, the Lady of Ibiza, the Bicha of Balazote, the Treasure of Guarrazar, the Pyxis of Zamora, the Mausoleum of Pozo Moro and a napier's bones. In addition...
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epigraphic motifs. Notable surviving examples include the Pyxis of al-Mughira, the Pyxis of Zamora, and the Leyre Casket. The caliphal workshops also produced...
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-4.14917 The Treasure of Guarrazar, Guadamur, Province of Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain, is an archeological find composed of twenty-six votive crowns...
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collection at the Louvre in Paris. Pyxis of Zamora Leyre Casket Makariou, “The al-Mughira Pyxis,” 316 "Qantara - Pyxis of al-Mughira". www.qantara-med.org. Retrieved...
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tableland in the northeast of the province of Granada. The town of Baza was the site of the Ibero-Roman city of Basti and, in one of its two necropoleis, the...
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Lady of Cerro de los Santos (Dama del Cerro de los Santos), also known as Gran Dama Oferente, is an Iberian sculpture from the 2nd century BCE, that is...
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Guanche mummy of Madrid or Guanche mummy of Barranco de Herques, is a mummy of an ancient Guanche individual, which is now on display at the National Archaeological...
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Phoenician Harpocrates statues (category Collection of the National Archaeological Museum, Madrid)
The Phoenician Harpocrates statues are two copper alloy statues of the Greco-Egyptian god Harpocrates, with Phoenician inscriptions on their bases. The...
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Northern England and south-east Scotland), bone (whale) Pyxis of Zamora, 964, Islamic Spain, ivory Pyxis of al-Mughira, 968, Islamic Spain, ivory Troyes Casket...
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The Bacchus of Aldaia (Spanish: Baco de Aldaya) is a Roman marble statuette of the Roman god Bacchus (Dionysus) that was found in La Ereta dels Moros in...
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The Bicha of Balazote is an Iberian sculpture that was found in the borough of Balazote in Albacete province (Castile-La Mancha), Spain. Carlos Fuentes...
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of Pozo Moro is a Mausoleum of the Iberians from the end of the 6th century BC, which was discovered in 1970 in excavations made in the Province of Albacete...
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head of a woman, body of a winged lion and tail of a snake. This particular sphinx may have been included in an Iberian tomb to carry the soul of the deceased...
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Priest of Cadiz is a gold and bronze figure, 12.9 cm high, that dates from the 8th century BC. It is on display in the National Archaeological Museum of Spain...
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Lex Malacitana (category History of Málaga)
Malacitana ("Flavian law of Malaca") is a bronze tablet bearing Latin local statutes which deal with the official activities of the duoviri iuri dicundo...
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It is at the National Archaeological Museum of Spain, in Madrid. The Lady of Galera is most likely of Phoenician manufacture. She sits between two sphinxes...
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Lex Ursonensis (category Collection of the National Archaeological Museum, Madrid)
foundation charter of the Caesarean colonia Iulia Genetiva at Urso near Osuna (province of Seville, Andalusia) in southern Spain. A copy of its text was inscribed...
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Lady of Ibiza is a ceramic figure, 47 cm tall, that dates from the third century BC. It is on display in the National Archaeological Museum of Spain...
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Magacela stele (category Archaeology of Extremadura)
The Magacela stele is a stele found in southwestern Iberia, made of slate and dated from the Late Bronze Age. It is exhibited at the National Archaeological...
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The Bear of Porcuna is a sculpture dated from the 1st century BC depicting a bear or a lioness leaning on a herma. It is exhibited at the National Archaeological...
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National Archaeological Museum of Madrid in 1964. It was first published in 1964 by Javier Teixidor. The papyrus tells the story of two brothers who made a pilgrimage...
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The Bull of Osuna is a limestone high relief Iberian sculpture, 82 cm high, dated from the end of the 5th century BCE, that is on display at the National...
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Archaeological Museum of Spain, in Madrid. It was part of an offering by King Ferdinand I of León and Queen Sancha to furnish the basilica of San Isidoro de...
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Treasure of Gazteluberri is a set of coins, of different materials gold, silver and iron, buried at the end of the 16th century CE or the beginning of the...
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