Hexagonal wooden pyxis

From Mycenae, Grave Circle A, Shaft Grave V. Second half of 16th c. BC.
(ΕΑΜ/ΝΑΜ Π 808, 811)

Wooden box, decorated with rectangular gold plates, ornamented in the repousse technique. Three decorative themes only are repeated on the side surfaces of the pyxis: a lion chase of a deer and a roe in a tropical landscape, and a running spiral pattern.