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SHM 04166:0018 :: lekythos

Object description: Out-turned, flat rim. Short, concave neck. Hemispherical body. Flat base. Decoration: Vertical lines in white encricling base of neck. Three encircling lines on shoulder and towards base, a red one flanked by two white. Cheequer-work pattern covering body. Orange-buff clay, black glaze.

Data elements
References (4)

Inventory number

SHM 04166:0018

Serie nummer

23461

Previous ID

NM Ant 0301

Object

Object, Swedish

Acquisition

From the collection of Beskow.

Description

Out-turned, flat rim. Short, concave neck. Hemispherical body. Flat base. Decoration: Vertical lines in white encricling base of neck. Three encircling lines on shoulder and towards base, a red one flanked by two white. Cheequer-work pattern covering body. Orange-buff clay, black glaze.

Name - Acquired from

Statens Historiska museum

Source - http: www.historiska.se, collections.smvk.se
Source, Kulturnav - same as: kulturnav.org

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.

Keyword, Swedish

Reference - Published in

Wikander, Örjan (1981) "The Comparative Collection: Early Antique Collecting in Sweden" in Medelhavsmuseet Bulletin no 16 (1981) p. 47-57.

Source - http: books.google.se, libris.kb.se

Height / Höjd

Width / Bredd

Dimensions

H. 8.1 cm, W. 7.5 cm.

Condition

Well preserved.

Original register

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