| Accession_Number | REDMG:1997.209.4 |
| Shape | Lekythos |
| Shape_description | Cup mouth; exterior surface of foot, slightly convex, broadens towards the base, with has a flat underside except for a conical indentation at the centre. |
| Material | Terracotta |
| Fabric | Attic |
| Fabric_description | |
| Munsell_color | 5YR 6/6 |
| Decoration | Mouth black on inside, with reserved lip, black exterior; outer part of handle black but otherwise reserved; shoulder reserved with band of dots above a band of rays reaching to the carination. Body: band of fat palmettes, decorated with slender white lines arcing over the the palmettes, and incisions, alternating with long lotus petals, above a 'cable'; black band; reserved band; black zone in lowest part of body and upper part of foot; lower part of foot and underside reserved. |
| Inscriptions | |
| Condition | Comprised of five or more rejoined pieces, scratched and stained on the surface, eroded in places, and repainted on the handle (where the paint is peeling off). |
| Technique/Style | Black figure; incised; added white |
| Provenance | |
| Period | Late Archaic / Early Classical |
| Date | 500-475 |
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| Attribution | |
| Image | |
| Comparanda | Reading 11.10.2. For palmette lekythoi see Haspels, ABL 185 f. and Marathon finds: CVA Athens, pl. 10.13 |
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| Beazley_DB | |
| Height | 13.3 |
| Diameters | Rim 2.8; shoulder 3.7; base 3.8 |
| Handle_height | 3.1 |
| Other_dims. | H. mouth 1.3; W. handle 1.0 |
| Location | Reading Museum loan boxes |
| Edited_by | Amy |
| Date_edited | 27.08.2004 |