Ure Museum | Database

cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/REDMG:1953.25.28

Accession_Number

REDMG:1953.25.28

Shape

Lekythos

Shape_description

Narrow neck (mostly missing), broadens to a nearly flat shoulder; thin strap handle broadens and rejoins at the lower part of the shoulder; below carination is a conical body, tapering and then curving in to a short stem, attached to a small pedestal foot with a raised base; small nipple at the centre of the underside.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Attic

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

5YR 5/6

Decoration

Handle black on exterior. Shoulder: inner band of black diagonal lines and an outer band of longer black diagonal lines. Body: reserved band decorated at front with a pair of black lines above a simple maeander to right; broad black band; reserved band decorated at front with a band of black sloping zs between two black lines; black on lower part of body and upper part of foot; otherwise reserved.

Inscriptions

Condition

Mouth, neck, and top of handle missing; black glaze chipped.

Technique/Style

Black figure

Provenance

Period

Late Archaic / Early Classical

Date

500-475

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2001.99.0090.jpg	Right side view of an Attic lekythos with black glaze and rays on shoulder, showing the damage on the handle and neck.
2001.99.0091.jpg	Back view of an Attic lekythos with black glaze and rays on shoulder, showing the damage on the handle and neck.
2001.99.0092.jpg	Left side view of an Attic lekythos with black glaze and rays on shoulder, showing the damage on the handle and neck.
2001.99.0093.jpg	Front view of an Attic lekythos with black glaze and rays on shoulder, showing the damage on the handle and neck.
2001.99.0094.jpg	Oblique view, from above, of the front-left side of an Attic lekythos, showing rays on the shoulder.
2003.93.0396.jpg	Right side view of an Attic lekythos with black glaze and rays on shoulder, showing the damage on the handle and neck.
2003.97.0409.jpg	Oblique left-side view of an Attic lekythos, showing rays on the shoulder.
2003.97.0410.jpg	Oblique right-side view of an Attic lekythos, showing rays on the shoulder.
2003.97.0411.jpg	Top view of an Attic lekythos, showing rays on shoulder.
2003.97.0412.jpg	Bottom view of an Attic lekythos, showing the base.
2004.99.0691.jpg	Back view of an Attic lekythos with black glaze and rays on shoulder, showing the damage on the handle and neck.
2008.99.0594.jpg	Top view of an Attic lekythos, showing rays on shoulder.