| Accession_Number | REDMG:1953.25.53 | ||||||||||||||||
| Shape | Lekythos | ||||||||||||||||
| Shape_description | Incurving rim with concave lip, narrowing to a short neck at the top of which is attached a small vertical strap handle that extends the the shoulder; wall curves continuously from neck, widening to an ovoid body atop a disk foot; underside concave with a slight circular protruberance at centre. Tapering 'cucumber', survival of the Late Corinthian Archaic type (see Corinth 13, 140-41, fig. 15), but with a disk foot. E.g. Corinth T1317: Corinth 13, 222 no. 277-4, pl. 37. Cf. also Rhitsona 50.273. | ||||||||||||||||
| Material | Terracotta | ||||||||||||||||
| Fabric | Corinthian | ||||||||||||||||
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| Munsell_color | 10YR 7/3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Decoration | Black glaze except reserved underside; eight incised bands horizontal lines around body. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Condition | Black glaze worn, especially on handle and one side. | ||||||||||||||||
| Technique/Style | Black glaze; incised | ||||||||||||||||
| Provenance | |||||||||||||||||
| Period | Classical | ||||||||||||||||
| Date | 475-400 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Comparanda | Cf. Reading RM.1622.64 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 9.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Diameters | Rim 2.4; neck (min.) 1.4; body 4.7; foot 3.8 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 5.2.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Edited_by | Denise; Amy | ||||||||||||||||
| Date_edited | 12.07.2002; 18.08.2003 |
