| Accession_Number | REDMG:1962.184.33.21 | ||||||||||||
| Shape | Lekythos | ||||||||||||
| Shape_description | Cup mouth on cylindrical neck, slightly narrowing and then curving to a slightly diagonal shoulder; narrow strap handle extends from the middle of the neck to the bottom of the shoulder, just above a carination, from which descends the nearly straight side walls; body narrow sharply at the bottom to a short stem attached to a tall moulded base, which tapers down. | ||||||||||||
| Material | Terracotta | ||||||||||||
| Fabric | Attic | ||||||||||||
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| Munsell_color | 5YR 6/4 | ||||||||||||
| Decoration | Traces of parallel vertical bars on shoulder and upper part of side walls; white ground on upper 2/3 of body; black glaze below; foot reserved on vertical surface and underside. | ||||||||||||
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| Condition | Mouth broken off; burn marks around mouth and on the front of the body (which is also covered with a waxy deposit); surface scratched and almost entirely eroded except for parts of the black glaze. | ||||||||||||
| Technique/Style | Black glaze; added white | ||||||||||||
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| Period | Classical | ||||||||||||
| Date | 5 c. | ||||||||||||
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| Diameters | Neck (min.) 1.5; body 5.1; foot 4.1 | ||||||||||||
| Handle_height | 3.8 | ||||||||||||
| Other_dims. | Pres. H. 14.4; H. to top of handle 13.7; W. handle 5.1 | ||||||||||||
| Location | Reading Museum loan boxes | ||||||||||||
| Edited_by | Amy | ||||||||||||
| Date_edited | 17.08.2004 |
