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Accession_Number

51.4.11

Shape

Lebes gamikos

Shape_description

Moulded rim, grooved, with flat upper surface and sharp lip, on a short cylindrical neck, with attaches, at a ridge, to an ovoid body, attached below, also at a ridge, to a slightly flaring stand, with splaying foot, slightly ridged on upper edge, bevelled on exterior, hollow on the interior. From the shoulder, on either side, rises an m-shaped handle (half of one chipped off) with short projections in the middle. Three holes (to enable air flow) are drilled into the upper part of the stand, just below the join.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Boeotian or Euboean

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

7.5YR 7/4

Decoration

Glaze is dark brown, sometimes with a reddish hue. Glazed on rim, neck (interior and exterior), handles, at junction of body and stand, and on exterior of foot. Cartoon-ish black-figure scenes on body and stand, with incised detail. Body, side A: Legless horseman, with arms spread on either side, to right on a horse held by a bearded man in a short tunic, with a dagger at his right side, who stands to his left. Behind him stands another bearded man wearing a short tunic, who holds a branch in his outstretched right hand, and bends his left arm at his side. Body, side B: Another legless horseman advances to the right, also with arms outstretched, on a horse, galloping towards a bearded, male figure, wearing a long tunic, who stands profile to the left. Stand, side A: Two confronting water birds, with 3 flecks behind the right water bird. Stand, side B: Two male figures in profile to the right, with a dagger at his left side; the second figure, who is shorter, seems to be bound.

Inscriptions

Condition

Comprised of 7 or more rejoined pieces. Surface worn and scratched, with chips to the rim, half of the left handle broken off, and grayish-white deposits all over..

Technique/Style

Black figure; incision

Provenance

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Image

2002.97.0369.jpg	Side view of a Boeotian lebes gamikos, showing design of hourse with seated (but legless) rider.
2002.97.0370.jpg	Side view of a Boeotian lebes gamikos, showing the design on the body and foot, and chipped m-shaped handle.
2002.97.0371.jpg	Side view of a Boeotian lebes gamikos, showing the design on the body and foot.
2002.97.0372.jpg	Side view of a Boeotian lebes gamikos, showing the design on the body and foot, and m-shaped handle.
2002.97.0373.jpg	Side view of a Boeotian lebes gamikos, showing the design on the body and foot, and m-shaped handle.
2002.97.0374.jpg	Top view of a Boeotian lebes gamikos, showing the mouth and top of shoulder.
2002.97.0375.jpg	Top view of a Boeotian lebes gamikos, showing part of the design on the body and the mouth, and the reserved interior of the conical stem.
2004.06.0006.jpg	Right side view of a Boeotian lebes gamikos, showing two standing male figures, facing left, beneath a handle.
2004.06.0007.jpg	Back view of a Boeotian lebes gamikos, showing a rider on a horse, moving to the right.
2004.06.0008.jpg	Left side view of a Boeotian lebes gamikos, showing a male figure beneath a handle.
2004.06.0009.jpg	Front view of a Boeotian lebes gamikos, showing a rider on a horse, led by another man.
2010.98.0246.jpg	Top view of a Boeotian, black-figure lebes gamikos.
2010.98.0247.jpg	Bottom view of a Boeotian, black-figure lebes gamikos.
2010.98.0248.jpg	Oblique top view of a Boeotian, black-figure lebes gamikos, decorated with horsemen.
2010.98.0249.jpg	Close-up view of a Boeotian, black-figure lebes gamikos, showing a man astride a horse.
2010.98.0250.jpg	Close-up view of the base of a Boeotian, black-figure lebes gamikos, showing water birds.
2010.98.0251.jpg	Front view of a Boeotian, black-figure lebes gamikos, depicting a horse-rider and water birds.
2010.98.0252.jpg	Side view of a Boeotian, black-figure lebes gamikos, decorated with figures and horsemen.
2010.98.0253.jpg	Front view of a Boeotian, black-figure lebes gamikos, showing a horse-rider and a male figure.
2010.98.0254.jpg	Close-up view of a Boeotian, black-figure lebes gamikos, depicting a rider astride a horse.
2010.98.0255.jpg	Base close-up of a Boeotian, black-figure lebes gamikos, showing a male figure.
2010.98.0256.jpg	Side view of a Boeotian, black-figure lebes gamikos, depicting male figures and water birds.
2010.98.0257.jpg	Close-up detail of a Boeotian, black-figure lebes gamikos, showing two male figures and horses.
2010.98.0258.jpg	Close-up detail of the base of a Boeotian, black-figure lebes gamikos, depicting a water bird.
2010.98.0259.jpg	Close-up view of a Boeotian, black-figure lebes gamikos, showing two male figures and a horseman, astride a horse.
2010.98.0260.jpg	Top view of a Boeotian, black figure lebes gamikos.
2010.98.0261.jpg	Base view of a Boeotian, black-figure lebes gamikos.