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cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/45.6.17

Accession_Number

45.6.17

Shape

Lekythos

Shape_description

Flared mouth with flat lip. Handle starts halfway down neck, curves up and then down to join shoulder. Long, narrow body. Broad foot. Central concave section on base.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Attic

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

7.5YR 7/6

Decoration

Black mouth, black inside, reserved lip. Single curved handle black outside and reserved underneath. Bars at base of neck and lotus buds. At top of body are two rows of dots alternating black and white between black bands. Main design is of man reclining between two seated women. On couch beside him is a naked hetaira. Remains of branches with white fruit just visible. Figures are robed and detail is in white. Two reserved bands below on black glaze. Foot is stepped, side of both steps reserved. Base is reserved.

Inscriptions

Condition

Complete but repaired at mouth and neck. Paint worn on shoulder, front, and foot. Surface has chipped off of some of the design, leaving the surface rough.

Technique/Style

Black figure

Provenance

Period

Late Archaic

Date

500-475

Dating_details

Artist

Haimon Group

Attribution

Beazley: ABV 706.389bis

Image

2003.12.0009.jpg	Left side view of two Attic black-figure lekythoi, 45.6.17 (left) and 26.12.19 (right).
2003.12.0081.jpg	Front view of an Attic lekythos, showing naked hetaira on couch (though largely flaked off).
2003.12.0083.jpg	Left side view of an Attic lekythos, showing seated woman (though largely flaked off).
2003.97.0413.jpg	Right side view of an Attic black-figure lekythos, showing seated woman (though largely flaked off).
2003.97.0414.jpg	Top view of an Attic black-figure lekythos, showing flared lip of mouth and worn shoulder.
2003.97.0415.jpg	Bottom view of an Attic black-figure lekythos, showing the reserved base, and some of the body.