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Accession_Number

REDMG:1953.25.26

Shape

Lekythos

Shape_description

Cup mouth with flat lip, slightly offset from narrow neck, which broadens to a nearly flat shoulder; thin strap handle rises from under the cup mouth and rejoins at the lower part of the shoulder; below carination is a conical body, with concave side walls, tapering down, and straightening out towards the small disk foot, flaring on its upper edge, rounded on its vertical edge, and with a broad, flat resting surface; nipple at the centre of the underside.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Attic

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

5YR 6/6

Decoration

Black mouth, interior and exterior, with a red band on lip; handle black on exterior. Shoulder: inner band of black tongues and an outer circle of daisy petals. Black body and upper part of foot; black band on resting surface; otherwise reserved.

Inscriptions

Condition

Mouth broken off but rejoined; chip rejoined at foot. Top part of handle missing; lower part rejoined to shoulder. Surface weathered.

Technique/Style

Black figure

Provenance

Period

Late Archaic / Early Classical

Date

500-475

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2001.99.0052.jpg	Left side view of an Attic 'little lion' lekythos, with black figure decoration.
2001.99.0053.jpg	Back view of an Attic 'little lion' lekythos, with black figure decoration.
2001.99.0054.jpg	Right side view of an Attic 'little lion' lekythos, with black figure decoration.
2001.99.0055.jpg	Front view of an Attic 'little lion' lekythos, with black figure decoration.
2001.99.0056.jpg	Oblique view, from above, of the left side of an Attic 'little lion' lekythos, with black figure decoration.
2001.99.0107.jpg	Right side view of an Attic 'little lion' lekythos, with black figure decoration.
2001.99.0108.jpg	Back view of an Attic 'little lion' lekythos, with black figure decoration.
2001.99.0109.jpg	Left side view of an Attic 'little lion' lekythos, with black figure decoration.
2001.99.0110.jpg	Front view of an Attic 'little lion' lekythos, with black figure decoration.
2001.99.0111.jpg	Oblique view, from above, of the left side of an Attic 'little lion' lekythos, with black figure decoration.
2001.99.0112.jpg	Oblique view, from above, of the left side of an Attic 'little lion' lekythos, with black figure decoration.
2003.93.0394.jpg	Right side view of an Attic 'little lion' lekythos, with black figure decoration.