| Accession_Number | REDMG:1964.1649 | ||||||||||||||||
| Shape | Lekythos | ||||||||||||||||
| Shape_description | White-ground lekythos, group iii. Tall cylindrical neck broadening to a diagonal shoulder. Vertical strap handle rises from top of neck to bottom of the shoulder, where it broadens. Below the handle attachment a carination marks the join with the straight body, which narrows at the base to a molded pedestal foot with a slightly concave outer edge, convex underside, indented in the centre. | ||||||||||||||||
| Material | Terracotta | ||||||||||||||||
| Fabric | Corinthian | ||||||||||||||||
| Fabric_description | Buff, fine-grained, and smooth | ||||||||||||||||
| Munsell_color | 2.5Y 7/3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Decoration | Black glaze on handle, lower body, and foot, excluding underside. White-ground on shoulder and body, with slight traces of red decoration | ||||||||||||||||
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| Condition | Mouth missing, broken off just above handle; black and white decoration eroded; grey deposits. | ||||||||||||||||
| Technique/Style | Black glaze; white ground; overpainted | ||||||||||||||||
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| Period | High Classical | ||||||||||||||||
| Date | 450-425 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Comparanda | Cf. Reading RM.25.53.30 and Corinth 13, 141 fig. 15, 143 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 14.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Diameters | Neck (min.) 1.5, shoulder 5.1, base 4.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Handle_height | 4.9 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 5.2.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Edited_by | Denise; Amy | ||||||||||||||||
| Date_edited | 21.08.2002; 08.07.2004 |
