1.3.02026-10-25lekythosRådata3100537objektStatens museer för världskultur - MedelhavsmuseetSMVK-MMFöremålhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/3100537NM Ant 0936White-ground lekythos. Cup mouth; narrow neck; sloping shoulder; vertical band handle from neck to shoulder; cylindrical body, tapering towards base; disc base. Light red clay; black glaze. Mouth black except top; one row of bars and one of rays on shoulder; band encircling angle between shoulder and body; on body three palmettes inscribed in black arcs, alternating with lotus buds (?), below each palmette two dotted circles – all on white ground, incisions; lower body and base top black, except three wet-incised lines below pattern; black band encircling base edge.NM Ant 0936, Purchased in Greece in 1881 through the Swedish and Norwegian Consul at Piraeus, Mr. M. N. Rodocanachi., A lekythos (pl. lekythoi) is generally a taller, cylindrical vessel with a small, deep mouth, narrow neck and a single handle. However, many variants of the shape do exist, including the rounded, squat form and the ovoid “Deianeira” form, all in various sizes. They were used for the storage of oils and are especially associated with funerary contexts. Towards the end of the fourth century BC they were functionally replaced by the unguentaria., Äldre bilder A.Stalteri Marcus. M. Sjöblom., Mended. Worn. Encrusted., H 14.3. Ø of rim 3.2. Ø of base 3.5., CVA Stockholm 2, pl.24:4, fig.98., Attic, GreeceBrukadClassicalFunnenEuropa, Grekland, CorinthÄgdNationalmuseum, Stockholmimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3775538/representationhttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3775537/representationhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#byUppgift om fotograf saknasStatens museer för världskulturimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3775541/representationhttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3775542/representationhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#bySESAM-projektetStatens museer för världskulturimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3775545/representationhttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3775544/representationhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#byUppgift om fotograf saknasStatens museer för världskulturhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/html/3100537http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/xml/3100537http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/rdf/3100537