cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/34.8.2
Accession_Number | 34.8.2 |
Shape | Squat lekythos |
Shape_description | it is a small lekythos with a ring flat foot, rounded body, tubular and thin neck, cup mouth with slightly concave upper surface, there is one handle from the upper part of the body to the lower part of the cup mouth |
Material | Terracotta |
Fabric | Attic |
Fabric_description | red clay |
Munsell_color | 2.5YR 5/6 2.5YR 2.5/1 |
Decoration | Winged Eros stepping tort and approaching something to the right. Under Eros there is a decorative chain composed of u" shapes. |
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Condition | this small lekytos is not intact, it is composed of five big fragments and five very small fragments, some flakes of clay are preserved in a little plastic bag. Bigger fragments are composed of more fragments brought together with glue. The paint is not uniform, is discolored and it is missing in some points. On the inside, in the upper part of the belly, there is a clay excrescence. |
Technique/Style | Red figure |
Provenance | |
Period | High Classical / Late Classical |
Date | 425-375 |
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Bibliography | |
Archive_Ref | reference 1 |
Beazley_DB | |
Height | 10.5 |
Diameters | base diameter: 5.1 mouth diameter: 3.1 |
Handle_height | 3.8 |
Other_dims. | neck height: 3.8 |
Location | 11.2.23 |
Edited_by | Amy; Ludovica |
Date_edited | 06.01.2009; 02.08.2022 |