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Accession_Number

REDMG:1953.25.22

Shape

Lekythos

Shape_description

Chimney mouth with everted lip, slightly concave on the upper surface, and ridged on the lower surface, offset from a tall cylindrical neck, which broadens to a flat shoulder. Small strap handle arches up from alongside the neck and rejoins at the bottom of the shoulder; below a carination at shoulder is a cylindrical body, slightly flaring at the shoulder, tapering towards the base, and then sharply narrowing to a short stem, attached to a moulded pedestal foot, comprised of a scotia above a torus; the flat base has a conical indentation at centre.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Attic

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

5YR 5/6

Decoration

Mouth black inside and out, with a reserved lip; reserved neck; black on exterior of handle; band of black vertical bars above band of black rays on shoulder. Body, top: black line. Body (at front, only): black line; two rows of black dots alternating with white dots; two black lines; figural scene. Body, below: two black lines, black band, black line, black to foot and on top of foot; black on torus; otherwise reserved. Figural scene depicts a charioteer, dressed in a white tunic, driving a quadriga profile to right; the horses raise their forelegs as they pass a white meta (post). Another figure, possibly Athena, with helmet and spear, runs alongside the horses, so that (s)he is obscured by them.

Inscriptions

Condition

Comprised of four rejoined fragments (three of which combine to form the mouth, upper neck and top of handle). Greyish-white deposits on mouth, inside of handle, and lower part of body. Small chips on top of foot. White details have faded.

Technique/Style

Black figure; added white; incised

Provenance

Period

Classical

Date

475-450

Dating_details

Artist

Haimon Group

Attribution

Image

2001.99.0069.jpg	Left view of an Attic black-figure lekythos depicting a charioteer draped in a white garment.
2001.99.0070.jpg	Oblique view of an Attic black-figure lekythos, slightly from above, showing charioteer in white garment driving quadriga to right.
2001.99.0071.jpg	Front view of an Attic black-figure lekythos, showing a chariot.
2001.99.0072.jpg	3/4-right side view of an Attic black-figure lekythos, showing a chariot.
2001.99.0073.jpg	Right side view of an Attic black-figure lekythos, showing the front of a chariot.
2001.99.0074.jpg	Back view of an Attic black-figure lekythos.
2001.99.0075.jpg	Oblique view, from above, of the left side of the shoulder of an Attic black-figure lekythos.
2003.97.0438.jpg	Side view of an Attic black-figure lekythos.
2003.97.0439.jpg	Top view of an Attic black-figure lekythos, showing mouth and shoulder.
2003.97.0440.jpg	Reserved base of Attic black-figure lekythos.
2005.99.0071.jpg	Left side view of an Attic, black-figure lekythos, showing a charioteer.
2005.99.0072.jpg	Front view of an Attic, black-figure lekythos, showing a chariot and horses.
2005.99.0073.jpg	Right view of an Attic, black-figure lekythos, showing horses attached to a chariot.
2005.99.0074.jpg	Back view of an Attic, black-figure lekythos, showing the handle and the portion of the body without figures.
2005.99.0075.jpg	Oblique view of the base of an Attic, black-figure lekythos.
2010.98.0238.jpg	Oblique top view of an Attic, black-figure lekythos, depicting a charioteer.
2010.98.0239.jpg	Close-up view of an Attic black-figure lekythos, depicting a charioteer.
2010.98.0240.jpg	Left side view of an Attic black-figure lekythos, depicting a charioteer.
2010.98.0241.jpg	Back view of an Attic, black-figure lekythos, showing the handle and the portion of the body without figures.
2010.98.0242.jpg	Right side view of an Attic black-figure lekythos, depicting a charioteer and his horses.
2010.98.0243.jpg	Front view of an Attic black-figure lekythos, depicting a charioteer and his horses.
2010.98.0244.jpg	Top view of an Attic, black-figure lekythos, showing line design on the shoulder.
2010.98.0245.jpg	View of the base of an Attic, black-figure lekythos.