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Accession_Number L.2024.5.3
Shape Lekythos
Shape_description
Material Terracotta
Fabric
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration Black figure with a female (maenad) with arms outstretched between two satyrs. Mouth black, shoulder has one ring of lines, followed by a bigger ring of rays. Below the central scene isa thin brown band followed by a thicker band then the base and foot completely black.
Inscriptions
Condition
Technique/Style Black figure
Provenance Lake Copais, Boeotia
Period Early Classical
Date
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Profile view of the front of an Attic black-figure lekythos, decorated with a female, arms upraised.

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Profile view of an Attic black-figure lekythos, decorated with a satyr and a female, arms upraised.

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Profile view of the left side of an Attic black-figure lekythos, decorated with a satyr, showing the handle.

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Profile view of an Attic black-figure lekythos, decorated with satyr pursuing a female, arms upraised.

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Profile view of an Attic black-figure lekythos, decorated with satyr.

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Profile view of the back of an Attic black-figure lekythos.

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Profile view of an Attic black-figure lekythos, showing a satyr and a female.

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Profile view of an Attic black-figure lekythos, showing a female and a satyr

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Detail view of the side of an Attic black-figure lekythos, showing a female, advancing to the left, with arms upraised.

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Detail view of the side of an Attic black-figure lekythos, showing a satyr advancing to left but turning to the right.

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Detail view of the side of an Attic black-figure lekythos, showing a satyr advancing to the left.

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Top view of an Attic black-glazed lekythos, showing the rim and shoulder.

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Top view of an Attic black-glazed lekythos, showing the rim and shoulder.

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Bottom view of an Attic black-glazed lekythos, showing the bottom of the disk foot.
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Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height 10.9
Diameters
Handle_height
Other_dims.
Location 8.1
Edited_by Jayne
Date_edited 16.10.2025
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