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Accession_Number

26.12.8

Shape

Lekythos

Shape_description

Piriform, with a small handle.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Euboean

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

7.5YR 7/6

Decoration

Handle has black glaze on the outside. Shoulder: broad band at base of neck. Between two dolphins a crossed rosette with white dots round edge. White also for line at back of head of dolphins. Body: two panthers facing, necks red. Three shapeless blobs in field. Below main zone, thick black band onto top of foot. Resting surface of foot reserved.

Inscriptions

Condition

Incomplete. Most of neck and all of mouth are missing. The decoration all over is very faded, especially on the body, leaving the surface very smooth. There is a large hole in one side just at the bottom of the main zone. The top and edge of the foot is chipped, on the inside of the resting surface is a small hole. There is a small amount of orange deposit on the resting surface of the foot.

Technique/Style

Black figure

Provenance

Period

High Archaic

Date

550

Dating_details

Artist

Dolphin Group

Attribution

Haspels: ABL 193.5

Image

2002.97.0693.jpg	Right side view of an Euboean black-figure lekythos.
2002.97.0694.jpg	Top view of an Euboean black-figure lekythos, showing the shoulder ornament and the missing mouth.
2002.97.0695.jpg	Oblique view, from below, of an Euboean black-figure lekythos, showing part of the design on the body and the base.
2003.11.0092.jpg	Lekythos, side view. Mouth missing. Decoration depicting two panthers facing; three shapeless blobs in the field.
2007.01.0026.jpg	Front view of an Euboean black-figure lekythos, showing two panthers dancing.