cista
Sign in to savethumb|Cista Depicting a Dionysian Revel and Perseus with Medusa's Head The Walters Art Museum.
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Within Vinony's link graph, cista is referenced by 30 other articles, and connects out to Dionysus, Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece.
It is catalogued under topics including Containers and Ornaments.
Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.
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
4 sectionsContents
- Purpose and usage
- Cultic uses
- References
- External links
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.
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