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NM Ant 2136 :: lekythos

Object description: White-ground lekythos. Cup mouth; narrow neck; moulding at junction between neck and shoulder; sloping shoulder; flattened handle from neck to shoulder; cylindrical body, tapering downwards; grooved disc base. Light red clay; ochre wash; black glaze; white, red, black and maroon paint. Mouth black except top; neck, handle, lower body and base top black; shoulder and most of body have white ground; ovoli encircling base of neck; red and black palmettes and tendrils on neck; right below shoulder meander and dotted cross pattern between double red bands; on body a youth wearing chlamys and petasos, holding spears, sitting on the steps of a decorated (palmette, volutes, acanthus leaves) grave stele – flanked by a standing woman in maroon chiton to the right, and a figure carrying an alabastron, bands and a basket to the left; red band below figures.

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