Ure Museum | Database

cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/49.8.5

Accession_Number

49.8.5

Shape

Lekythos

Shape_description

Broad, flat rim; short strap handle; body shaped rather like a bombylios, with moulded rings; small ring foot; concave base.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Etruscan

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

10YR 7/2

Decoration

Black tongues on mouth and black rim. Horizontal parallel black bars on handle. Black tongues on moulded ring level with bottom of handle. Upper part of body ridged, painted with black and purple bands, then black, purple bands with groups of vertical lines. Body has moulded rings. Around base tongues and black foot. Reserved, concave base.

Inscriptions

Condition

Chip in mouth and a small on the ring foot. Paint badly worn. Flaking on mouth, body, base. Scratches on the body. Rust on mouth.

Technique/Style

Provenance

Period

Early Archaic

Date

625-600

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2003.97.0247.jpg	Right side view of an Etruscan lekythos, showing pattern around the body.
2003.97.0248.jpg	Left side view of an Etruscan lekythos, showing pattern around the body.
2003.97.0249.jpg	Top view of an Etruscan lekythos, showing the mouth decorated with daisy pattern.
2003.97.0250.jpg	Underside of an Etruscan lekythos, showing the reserved base and surrounding daisy pattern.
2008.99.0587.jpg	Oblique top view of the left side of an Etruscan lekythos.
2008.99.0588.jpg	View of the left side of an Etruscan lekythos, showing the handle, to left.
2008.99.0589.jpg	Back view of an Etruscan lekythos, showing the handle.
2008.99.0590.jpg	Right side view of an Etruscan lekythos, showing pattern around the body.
2008.99.0591.jpg	Front view of an Etruscan lekythos, showing pattern around the body.
2008.99.0592.jpg	Top view of an Etruscan lekythos, showing the mouth, with tongue decoration.
2008.99.0593.jpg	Bottom view of an Etruscan lekythos, showing the base, with tongue decoration.