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MM 1956:320 :: lekythos

Object description: White-ground lekythos. Cup mouth; tall, narrow neck; tapering shoulder; vertical band handle from neck to shoulder; almost cylindrical body, tapering towards base; disc base; hollowed bottom. Red, Attic clay; black glaze; added black, brown, blue and white paint. Interior and exterior of mouth, neck and handle black glazed; shoulder and large part of body white; on shoulder black palmettes, connected by doubled spirals; meander (only on one side) between double bands below shoulder on upper body; on body two female figures, turned towards large, three-stepped stele; brown base line; lower body and base top black; base edge and bottom reserved.

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Inventory number: MM 1956:320
Serie nummer: 223223
Object: lekythoslekythos
Material: EarthenwareEarthenware; ClayClay; PotteryPottery
Material, Swedish: KeramikKeramik
Acquisition: Gift from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.Gift%20from%20the%20Knut%20and%20Alice%20Wallenberg%20Foundation.
Description: White-ground lekythos. Cup mouth; tall, narrow neck; tapering shoulder; vertical band handle from neck to shoulder; almost cylindrical body, tapering towards base; disc base; hollowed bottom. Red, Attic clay; black glaze; added black, brown, blue and white paint. Interior and exterior of mouth, neck and handle black glazed; shoulder and large part of body white; on shoulder black palmettes, connected by doubled spirals; meander (only on one side) between double bands below shoulder on upper body; on body two female figures, turned towards large, three-stepped stele; brown base line; lower body and base top black; base edge and bottom reserved.
Period: ClassicalClassical
Time - Manufacturing, earliest: 5th century BC5th%20century%20BC
Comments: A lekythos (pl. lekythoi) is generally a taller, cylindrical vessel with a small, deep mouth, narrow neck and a single handle. However, many variants of the shape do exist, including the rounded, squat form and the ovoid “Deianeira” form, all in various sizes. They were used for the storage of oils and are especially associated with funerary contexts. Towards the end of the fourth century BC they were functionally replaced by the unguentaria.A%20lekythos%20%28pl.%20lekythoi%29%20is%20generally%20a%20taller%2C%20cylindrical%20vessel%20with%20a%20small%2C%20deep%20mouth%2C%20narrow%20neck%20and%20a%20single%20handle.%20However%2C%20many%20variants%20of%20the%20shape%20do%20exist%2C%20including%20the%20rounded%2C%20squat%20form%20and%20the%20ovoid%20%E2%80%9CDeianeira%E2%80%9D%20form%2C%20all%20in%20various%20sizes.%20They%20were%20used%20for%20the%20storage%20of%20oils%20and%20are%20especially%20associated%20with%20funerary%20contexts.%20Towards%20the%20end%20of%20the%20fourth%20century%20BC%20they%20were%20functionally%20replaced%20by%20the%20unguentaria.
Keyword: ceramicsceramics
PhotoNegNo: MM neg 287, 288, 291, 293, 294.
Pottery Ware: AtticAttic
Height / Höjd: 31,5 cm31%2C5%20cm
Diameter: 9,0 cm9%2C0%20cm; 6,9 cm6%2C9%20cm
Dimensions: H 31.5. Ø 9.0. Ø of base 6.9.
Condition: Mended. Encrustations. Worn.
Original register: GreekRomanGreekRoman

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