Ure Museum | Database

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Accession_Number

25.8.6

Shape

Lekythos

Shape_description

Handle is small and joined from shoulder to neck. Shallow cup mouth.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Perhaps Euboean

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

7.5YR 7/4

Decoration

Lip inside and outside black. Shoulder: five lotus buds separated by spots, body- probably a runner facing left between youthfull onlookers; the figures in the center and on the left completely repainted. Below, thick black band. Rim of foot missing, but remainder is reserved.

Inscriptions

Condition

Incomplete, neck and mouth glued back on, most of foot still missing. Decoration glaze has become very worn. The rim of the mouth is chipped, and there is a large hole in one side of the shoulder. Most of the decoration on the body is missing, the band below it, very faded. Foot barely remains.

Technique/Style

Black figure

Provenance

Period

Late Archaic

Date

525-500

Dating_details

Artist

Fat Runner Group

Attribution

Beazley: ABV 698.11bis; but see A.D. Ure ('Euboean')

Image

2002.97.0696.jpg	Left side view of a Euboean black-figure lekythos.
2002.97.0697.jpg	Right side view of a Euboean black-figure lekythos.
2002.97.0698.jpg	Top view of a Euboean black-figure lekythos, showing the mouth and shoulder design.
2002.97.0699.jpg	Oblique view, from below, of a Euboean black-figure lekythos, showing the base and part of the figure on the body.
2003.11.0003.jpg	Side view of a Euboean black-figure lekythos.
2011.98.0045.jpg	Profile view of the left side of a perhaps Euboean lekythos, showing a runner approaching a draped man.
2011.98.0046.jpg	Oblique top view of a perhaps Euboean black-figure lekythos, showing a runner between two draped men.
2011.98.0047.jpg	Detail of the front of a perhaps Euboean black-figure lekythos, showing a runner approaching a draped man.
2011.98.0048.jpg	Detail of the front of a perhaps Euboean black-figure lekythos, showing a runner between two draped men.
2011.98.0049.jpg	Detail of the right side of a perhaps Euboean black-figure lekythos, showing a runner and a draped man.
2011.98.0050.jpg	Frontal view of a perhaps Euboean black-figure lekythos, showing a runner and a draped man.
2011.98.0052.jpg	Right side view of a perhaps Euboean black-figure lekythos, showing the shape of the handle.
2011.98.0053.jpg	View of the back of a perhaps Euboean black-figure lekythos, showing the front of the handle.
2011.98.0054.jpg	Top view of a perhaps Euboean black-figure lekythos, showing the mouth and shoulder design.
2011.98.0055.jpg	Oblique view, from below, of a perhaps Euboean black-figure lekythos, showing the base and part of the figures on the body.
2011.98.0056.jpg	Top view of a perhaps Euboean black-figure lekythos, showing the mouth and shoulder design.