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Accession_Number REDMG:1953.25.37
Shape Squat lekythos
Shape_description
Material Terracotta
Fabric Attic
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 7.5YR 8/4
Decoration Ridge at base of neck. Main design is of a boar running to the left. Uneven, streaky black line around base. Foot is black on top and side but reserved on resting surface and raised base.
Inscriptions
Condition Neck, mouth and handle lost. Surface much damaged where paint has been worn and clay has chipped. Deposits on underside.
Technique/Style Red figure
Provenance
Period Classical
Date 425-375
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Front view of an Attic black-figure squat lekythos showinig a boar running to left.

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Side view of an Attic squat lekythos, showing main design is of a boar on the body.

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Side view of an Attic squat lekythos, showing the body.

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Top view of an Attic squat lekythos, showing the missing neck and mouth.

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Underside view of an Attic squat lekythos, showing the base.

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Oblique view of an Attic squat lekythos, showing a boar running to the left.

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Front view of an Attic squat lekythos, showing a boar running to the left.

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Front view of an Attic squat lekythos.

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Front view of an Attic squat lekythos.

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Front view of an Attic squat lekythos, showing part of a boar running to the left.
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Beazley_DB
Height 4.9
Diameters 5.4
Handle_height
Other_dims. Base diameter 5.1
Location Warfare
Edited_by Denise; Kinsey
Date_edited 29.08.2002; 06.01.2006
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