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Accession_Number 26.2.97
Shape Lekythos
Shape_description Shoulder sherd of Attic black-figured pottery cylinder lekythos;
Material Terracotta
Fabric Attic
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration exterior: on shoulder, trace of tendril decoration; below junction of shoulder and body, triple dot band between pairs of narrow black bands; below, black-figure decoration consisting of horse (top of head with ear and mane with added red remaining) to right.
Inscriptions
Condition
Technique/Style painted, incised; black-figure;
Provenance Naukratis or Tell Dafana (made in Attica)
Period Late Archaic
Date 515BC-480BC;
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2003.20.0096.jpg
Top view of a fragment of a lekythos, showing triple pomegranate band (above) and the head of a horse (below).

2013.04.0225.jpg
Top view of a fragment of a lekythos, showing triple pomegranate band (above) and the head of a horse (below).

2013.04.0226.jpg
Top view of a fragment of a lekythos.
Comparanda
Bibliography CVA Reading 1,p.40, pl.23, no.45; Villing et al 2013-2015 (ORC) GA.0808 Phase1;
Archive_Ref reference 1
reference 2
Beazley_DB 14393
Height 2.80;
Diameters
Handle_height
Other_dims. W:3.40; T:0.30;
Location Timeline 2 top
Edited_by Karen; Kinsey; Adel;
Date_edited 20.04.2004; 16.01.2006; 2019;
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