cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/34.8.4
| Accession_Number | 34.8.4 | ||||
| Shape | Lekythos | ||||
| Shape_description | Flared mouth with flat lip. Base is flat with concave central circle. | ||||
| Material | Terracotta | ||||
| Fabric | Attic | ||||
| Fabric_description | |||||
| Munsell_color | 5YR 7/4 | ||||
| Decoration | Lip reserved. The neck, side and base of foot are coloured with red. Shoulder has two rows of radiating bars, the first row are shorter. On front of body only are bands of decoration, separated with a single black line, alternating with black grille, black key, grille, key, grille, black 'zzzzz'. Three reserved bands on black to base. Foot is black on top. | ||||
| Inscriptions | |||||
| Condition | Intact. On back, below handle, the cream ground surface has cracked away almost entirely leaving the surface rough. Part of black main design has been worn but enough remains to distinguish pattern. Deposits inside mouth. | ||||
| Technique/Style | Black figure; white ground | ||||
| Provenance | |||||
| Period | High Classical | ||||
| Date | 450 | ||||
| Dating_details | |||||
| Artist | Beldam Painter | ||||
| Attribution | Ure (CVA) attributes this to the 'Workshop of the Beldam Painter' | ||||
| Image |
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| Bibliography | CVA Reading 1, pl. 12.7 | ||||
| Archive_Ref | reference 1 reference 2 | ||||
| Beazley_DB | 14361 | ||||
| Height | 18.2 | ||||
| Diameters | Mouth 3.7; neck 1.6; body 6.1; base 4.7 | ||||
| Handle_height | 4.6 | ||||
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| Location | Death | ||||
| Edited_by | Denise; Karen; Kinsey | ||||
| Date_edited | 23.08.2002; 05.04.2004; 06.01.2006 |
