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Accession_Number 51.7.8
Shape Squat lekythos
Shape_description Cup mouth with slightly concave upper surface, tubular neck offset from mouth and shoulder; ridged vertical strap handle loops up from top of neck and descends directly to the shoulder; squat body; broad torus ring foot.
Material Terracotta
Fabric Attic
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 7.5YR 6/6
Decoration Lustrous black glaze all over except for lower part of foot and underside.
Inscriptions
Condition Intact. Gloss is in very good condition, shiny, with slight scratches on rim, neck and body. Surface of underside somewhat eroded, with white deposits.
Technique/Style Black glaze
Provenance
Period High Classical
Date 430
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Bottom view of an Attic black-glazed squat lekythos, showing the reserved underside.

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Top view of an Attic black-glazed squat lekythos, showing the mouth.

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Right side view of an Attic black-glazed squat lekythos.

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Back view of an Attic black-glazed squat lekythos, showing the strap handle.

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Left side view of an Attic black-glazed squat lekythos.

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Front view of an Attic black-glazed squat lekythos.

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Oblique view, from slightly above, of the right side of an Attic black-glazed squat lekythos.

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Oblique view, from slightly above, of the right side of an Attic black-glazed squat lekythos.

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Oblique view, from slightly above, of the right side of an Attic black-glazed squat lekythos.

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Oblique view, from slightly above, of the left side of an Attic black-glazed squat lekythos.

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Top view of an Attic black-glazed squat lekythos, showing the mouth.

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Bottom view of an Attic black-glazed squat lekythos, showing the reserved underside.

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Back view of an Attic black-glazed squat lekythos, showing the strap handle.

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Profile view of the right side of an Attic black-glazed squat lekythos.

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Oblique top view of the left side of an Attic black-glazed squat lekythos.

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Profile view of the left side of an Attic black-glazed squat lekythos, showing the handle, to left.
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Beazley_DB
Height 6.9
Diameters Rim 3.0; body 7.1; base 6.6
Handle_height 2.8
Other_dims.
Location Death
Edited_by Denise; Amy; Kinsey; Teifi
Date_edited 29.08.2002; 02.12.2003; 06.01.2006; 26.07.2006
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