Accession_Number | 2008.7.101 |
Shape | Lekythos |
Shape_description | Part of neck, handle, shoulder, body |
Material | Terracotta |
Fabric | Attic |
Fabric_description | |
Munsell_color | 2.5YR 6/6 |
Decoration | Surface slipped with red-orange wash. Strap handle sloping inwards; black glazed on the outside; inside in reserve. Row of uniform parallel black lines at the junction of the shoulder and neck. On the shoulder, five black palmettes, the central one inverted, with black tendrils and dots in between. On the body, black glaze misfired with two red parallel lines just below the junction of the shoulder and body. |
Inscriptions | |
Condition | Single fragment. Surface worn, especially near handle and shoulder; scratches and encrustation on the body just below the shoulder; paint has flaked off throughout, especially on the handle; dirt. "Rhitsona" handwritten in pencil on the interior of the shoulder. |
Technique/Style | |
Provenance | Rhitsona (handwritten in pencil) |
Period | Late Archaic/early Classical |
Date | 480-450 |
Dating_details | On the basis of style (see attribution) |
Artist | Perhaps Bowdoin Painter or Athena Painter |
Attribution | Workshop of |
Image | |
Comparanda | |
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Beazley_DB | |
Height | 6.5 |
Diameters | Shoulder 8.2 |
Handle_height | 3.6 |
Other_dims. | Thickness 0.6 |
Location | 11.1.17 |
Edited_by | Alex V; Katerina; Joana Varela |
Date_edited | 25.7.2008; 18.04.2017 |