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Accession_Number

58.2.2

Shape

Lacrymaterion

Shape_description

Sloping rim; thin neck; inverted pear-shaped body tapering to a small rounded foot.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Sicilian

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

7.5YR 8/6

Decoration

Brown paint on lip, one line halfway down neck, two round edge of shoulder. Incised lines around body. Small depression in centre of base. Small metallic particles in clay.

Inscriptions

Condition

Deposits all over body, worsening at neck. Small chip to rim. Dent to body.

Technique/Style

Provenance

Said to have been found in Sicily

Period

Late Classical / Early Hellenistic

Date

4 c. (?)

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2003.98.0038.jpg	Back view of a Sicilian lacrymaterion, showing the mouth, neck and body.
2003.98.0039.jpg	Side view of a Sicilian lacrymaterion, showing the mouth, neck and body.
2003.98.0040.jpg	Top view of a Sicilian lacrymaterion, showing the shoulder with circle decoration, and the mouth.
2003.98.0041.jpg	Underside view of a Sicilian lacrymaterion, showing the base.
2003.98.0077.jpg	Front view of a Sicilian lacrymaterion, showing brown painted circles on body.
2003.98.0078.jpg	Side view of a Sicilian lacrymaterion, showing the mouth, neck, and body.
2003.98.0079.jpg	Top view of a Sicilian lacrymaterion, showing the shoulder decoration and the mouth.
2003.98.0080.jpg	Underside view of a Sicilian lacrymaterion, showing the base.
2008.99.0426.jpg	Oblique top view of a Sicilian lacrymaterion, with banded decoration.
2008.99.0427.jpg	Profile view of a Sicilian lacrymaterion, with banded decoration.
2008.99.0428.jpg	Profile view of a Sicilian lacrymaterion, with banded decoration.
2008.99.0429.jpg	Profile view of a Sicilian lacrymaterion, with banded decoration.
2008.99.0430.jpg	Profile view of a Sicilian lacrymaterion, with banded decoration.
2008.99.0431.jpg	Top view of a Sicilian lacrymaterion, with banded decoration.
2008.99.0432.jpg	Bottom view of a Sicilian lacrymaterion, showing the almost flat resting surface.