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Accession_Number 45.6.59
Shape Lacrymaterion
Shape_description
Material Terracotta
Fabric
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 7.5YR 7/4
Decoration Mouth broken, neck widens into small pear shaped body which narrows into foot and flarred rounded flat base. Surface smooth with lines made from having been produced on a pottery wheel.
Inscriptions
Condition Mouth broken, scratches on surface also black blemishes and grey deposits.
Technique/Style
Provenance
Period
Date
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2006.20.0042.jpg
Oblique view of a Lacrymaterion, showing the broken mouth.
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Beazley_DB
Height 13.1
Diameters Mouth 1.5; neck 1.5; body 3.2; foot 1.3; base 1.9
Handle_height
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Location 3.1.1
Edited_by Faye Cheesman; Jayne
Date_edited 01.08.2003; 04.05.22
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