| Accession_Number | REDMG:2004.98.1 | ||||||||||||
| Shape | Lekythos | ||||||||||||
| Shape_description | Cup mouth, with a slightly convex upper surface; tall cylindrical neck, from which rises a thin vertical strap handle, that rejoins the diagonal shoulder just above the carination; straight sides, taper gently towards the base, to which is attached a molded pedestal foot, slightly concave on the underside, with a cylindrical depression at centre. | ||||||||||||
| Material | Terracotta | ||||||||||||
| Fabric | Attic | ||||||||||||
| Fabric_description | Orange | ||||||||||||
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| Decoration | Black on interior and exterior of mouth; reserved upper lip; restored neck; handle black on exterior; shoulder: band of vertical bars above black rays pointing toward the carination. Body: double lotus-palmette frieze, bilaterally arranged, on either side of a 'chain' (row of dotted circles inscribing incised circles. Incisions also used for palmettes; attenuated white lines (side leaves of lotuses) arc over the palmettes. Below the main zone is a thin black band, a thick black band, and a black zone that extends to the top of the foot. The foot is also decorated with a black line at the lowest part of the vertical edge of the foot, and is reserved on the underside and resting surface. | ||||||||||||
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| Condition | Comprised of 8 rejoined pieces (although shoulder and body are intact), rejoined, with added resin, paint, and modern accretions around the neck and handle. Stains and yellowish-gray deposits on side and base. | ||||||||||||
| Technique/Style | Black figure; incised; added white | ||||||||||||
| Provenance | |||||||||||||
| Period | Late Archaic / Early Classical | ||||||||||||
| Date | 500-475 | ||||||||||||
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| Comparanda | Reading 11.10.2. For such 'palmette lekythoi' see Haspels, ABL 185 f. | ||||||||||||
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| Height | 15.0 | ||||||||||||
| Diameters | Mouth 3.4, neck (min.) 1.5, shoulder 4.8, foot 3.9 | ||||||||||||
| Handle_height | 3.5 | ||||||||||||
| Other_dims. | W. handle 1.4 | ||||||||||||
| Location | Reading Museum loan boxes | ||||||||||||
| Edited_by | Amy | ||||||||||||
| Date_edited | 27.08.2004 |
