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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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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
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