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Accession_Number REDMG:1953.25.41
Shape Lekanis
Shape_description Flanged rim and tapering body, to which are attached horizontal triangular strap handles, slightly canted upwards. The body narrows sharply to short stem, slightly offset from the top of a moulded foot, with a vertical exterior surface and a conical indentation on the underside, and a narrow resting surface.
Material Terracotta
Fabric Campanian
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 10YR 6/3
Decoration Black glaze exept for reserved underside and some of the foot (where glaze shows signs of having been unevenly dipped); resting surface ruddled.
Inscriptions
Condition Missing lid. Four chips rim; black glaze scratched and pitted (especially on handles), with whitish-gray deposits on lower part of bowl.
Technique/Style Black glaze
Provenance
Period Late Classical
Date 4 c.
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Oblique view, from slightly above, of a Campanian black-glazed lekanis.

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Detailed view of the base of a Campanian black-glazed lekanis.

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Oblique view of a Campanian black-glazed lekanis.

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Top view of a Campanian black-glazed lekanis.

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Bottom view of a Campanian black-glazed lekanis.

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Side view of a Campanian black-glazed lekanis, upside down.

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Side view of a Campanian black-glazed lekanis, upside down.

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Oblique view, from slightly above, of a Campanian black-glazed lekanis.

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Oblique view of a Campanian black-glazed lekanis.

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Front view of a Campanian black-glazed lekanis.

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Front view of a Campanian black-glazed lekanis, showing handle.

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Front view of a Campanian black-glazed lekanis.

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Front view of a Campanian black-glazed lekanis, showing handle.

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Top view of a Campanian black-glazed lekanis.

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Top view of the bottom of a Campanian black-glazed lekanis.

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Top view of the bottom of a Campanian black-glazed lekanis.

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Top view of a Campanian black-glazed lekanis.

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Oblique view of a Campanian black-glazed lekanis.

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Front view of a Campanian black-glazed lekanis.

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Front view of a Campanian black-glazed lekanis, showing handle.

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Front view of a Campanian black-glazed lekanis.

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Front view of a Campanian black-glazed lekanis, showing handle.
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Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height 4.2
Diameters Flange 8.5, rim 9.3, stem 2.3, base 4.0.
Handle_height
Other_dims. Th. handles 0.8; W. incl. handles 14.5
Location Symposium
Edited_by Georgia; Amy; Kinsey
Date_edited 12.06.2003; 02.10.2004; 10.01.2006
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