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Accession_Number 45.6.29
Shape Squat lekythos
Shape_description Bell mouth with rounded upper rim and offset neck.
Material Terracotta
Fabric Perhaps Attic
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 5YR 6/6
Decoration Black glazed; 7 sets of three incised vertical lines on the shoulder stretching down to the base.
Inscriptions
Condition Missing a large part of the left side; chipped on rim.
Technique/Style Black glaze; incised
Provenance
Period Late Classical
Date
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2006.20.0006.jpg
Top view of an Attic (?) squat lekythos, showing black glaze.
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Beazley_DB
Height 8.2
Diameters Rim 3.6; neck 1.3; body 7.5; foot 4.6
Handle_height 3.4
Other_dims.
Location Conservator's Workshop, Museum of English Rural Life
Edited_by Amy
Date_edited 15.03.2005; 18.07.2011
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