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NM Ant 0918 :: lekythos

Object description: Cup mouth with everted rim; narrow neck; cylindrical body, tapering downwards; tall disc base in two degrees. Light red clay; black glaze. Outside of mouth and handle painted; on shoulder one row of bars and one of rays; a thin band around outermost part of shoulder; right below on one side of body double row of dots between narrow bands; on body opposite handle Athena driving a quadriga and a human figure (?) below the horses; below two reserved bands; lower body and base top painted; lowest part of base painted.

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Inventory number

NM Ant 0918

Serie nummer

989

Object

lekythos

Object, Swedish

lekyt; kärl

Country - Findspot

Greece : Europe

Place - Findspot

Athens [?]

Region - Findspot

Attica [?]

Material

Earthenware; Clay; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Keramik

Motif

Athena

Acquisition

Purchased in Greece in 1881 through the Swedish and Norwegian Consul at Piraeus, Mr. M. N. Rodocanachi.

Description

Cup mouth with everted rim; narrow neck; cylindrical body, tapering downwards; tall disc base in two degrees. Light red clay; black glaze. Outside of mouth and handle painted; on shoulder one row of bars and one of rays; a thin band around outermost part of shoulder; right below on one side of body double row of dots between narrow bands; on body opposite handle Athena driving a quadriga and a human figure (?) below the horses; below two reserved bands; lower body and base top painted; lowest part of base painted.

Time - Manufacturing, earliest