NOTES ON THE EARLY IRON AGE PYXES IN THE SOUTHWEST OF EAST EUROPE
The paper deals with the Early Iron Age pyxes in the southwest of East Europe. The author describes and specifies the main traits characteristic of the Early Hallstatt pyxes of the Sakharna culture in the Middle Dniester basin (fig. 1; 2, 8). Special attention is given to the pyxes of the «Sakharna variant». They are cylindrical neckless vessels, the height of which is greater than or equal to their diameter, with a low or high semi-spherical lid. The available evidence confirms that some of the Sakharna pyxes can be dated to ca. 1000 BC. It is suggested that the carved pattern, typical of all pyxes, might well have been a result of copying wooden specimens, that could have no other ornaments but carved. It is quite probable that cylindrical wooden vessels co-existed with clay pyxes in the Early Iron Age.