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Accession_Number L.2024.5.4
Shape Squat lekythos
Shape_description
Material Terracotta
Fabric Attic
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration Palmette design framed in a triangular panel on front. One handle
Inscriptions
Condition intact, neck above handle looks to have been reattached. rim of mouth has lost glaze. Damage to surface particularly handle and rim of mouth and foot.
Technique/Style Red figure
Provenance
Period Late Classical
Date
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Profile view of the front of an Attic squat lekythos decorated with a palmette.

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Profile view of the side of an Attic squat lekythos decorated with a palmette.

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Profile left-side view of an Attic squat lekythos decorated with a palmette.

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Profile view of the side of an Attic squat lekythos decorated with a palmette.

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Profile right-side view of an Attic squat lekythos decorated with a palmette.

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Profile back view of an Attic squat (palmette) lekythos.

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Oblique top view of an Attic squat (palmette) lekythos.

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Oblique bottom view of an Attic squat (palmette) lekythos, showing its underside.
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Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height 7.1
Diameters
Handle_height
Other_dims.
Location 8.1
Edited_by Jayne
Date_edited 16.10.2025
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