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:''For the British political party CISTA see Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol'' A cista is a box or basket used by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans for various practical and mystical purposes. ==Purpose and usage== The ''Cista'' or ''cistella'' was at first thought be a wicker basket used for holding fruits and vegetables and for general agricultural purposes. Although these baskets were sometimes square, they were more often cylindrical in shape. Over time, ''cista'' came to mean a smaller box or casket used for a variety of purposes, distinguishing it from the larger ''area'' or chest, and on rare occasions may have been used in referring to a ''capsa'', or book-box. The cistra believed to be in the private treasure of Gaius Verres may have been a money-box. In the Roman ''comitia'', the cista was the ballot-box into which the voters cast their ''tabellae''. The form and material of the voters' cista, evidently of wicker or similar work, is represented in an annexed cut from a coin of the Cassia gens. In this sense, the cista has often been confused with the ''sitella'', or urn, from which the names of the tribes or centuries were drawn out by lot. Another class of cistae, well-known from vase paintings and from a number of preserved metal specimens, are the toilet- or jewel-cases of Italian ladies, often mentioned in connection with children's trinkets, and often recognized in ancient comedies. In vase paintings, such cistae are often accompanied by other requisites for the toilet such as mirrors and scent-bottles, leaving no doubt as to the use for which they were intended.〔''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities'' (1890)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cista」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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