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Accession_Number 26.7.9
Shape Lacrymaterion
Shape_description
Material Terracotta
Fabric Boeotian
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 7.5YR 8/6
Decoration Everted rim and flat base. Groove ca 0.3 cm above the base. Grey surface.
Inscriptions
Condition Chipped throughout, most notably at the mouth and base.
Technique/Style
Provenance Khorsiai, Boeotia
Period Hellenistic
Date
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2002.97.0474.jpg
Oblique view of the side of a Boeotian lacrymaterion, showing body.

2002.97.0475.jpg
Side view of a Boeotian lacrymaterion, showing the mouth.

2002.97.0476.jpg
Side view of a Boeotian lacrymaterion, showing the base.

2002.97.0480.jpg
Side view of a Boeotian lacrymaterion, showing the foot, the body and the neck.

2002.97.0481.jpg
Oblique view of a Boeotian lacrymaterion, showing the base, body and neck.

2002.97.0482.jpg
Oblique view of a Boeotian lacrymaterion, showing the mouth and interior.
Comparanda
Bibliography
Archive_Ref reference 1
reference 2
Beazley_DB
Height 9.5
Diameters Rim 2.0; body 3.0; base 1.7
Handle_height
Other_dims.
Location 5.1 (AH71)
Edited_by Faye Cheesman; Kinsey; Jayne
Date_edited 13.07.2003; 18.01.2006; 25.09.19
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