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NM Ant 1254 :: lekythos

Object description: Cup mouth with everted rim; moulding at base of mouth; narrow neck; almost flat shoulder; vertical band handle from neck to shoulder; cylindrical body, tapering downwards; disc base in two degrees. Reddish brown clay; black glaze; added white. Inside and outside of mouth painted; two rows of rays on shoulder; outside of handle painted; right below shoulder on one side of body three rows of bars between narrow bands; on body opposite handle a sitting figure with a lyre flanked by two riders – added white, incisions; further below two wet-incised lines; lower body and base top painted; lower edge of base painted.

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Inventory number

NM Ant 1254

Serie nummer

1005

Object

lekythos

Object, Swedish

lekyt; kärl

Material

Earthenware; Clay; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Keramik

Acquisition

Deposited in 1887 by the Technical School, Stockholm, in the National Museum.

Description

Cup mouth with everted rim; moulding at base of mouth; narrow neck; almost flat shoulder; vertical band handle from neck to shoulder; cylindrical body, tapering downwards; disc base in two degrees. Reddish brown clay; black glaze; added white. Inside and outside of mouth painted; two rows of rays on shoulder; outside of handle painted; right below shoulder on one side of body three rows of bars between narrow bands; on body opposite handle a sitting figure with a lyre flanked by two riders – added white, incisions; further below two wet-incised lines; lower body and base top painted; lower edge of base painted.

Period