1.3.02026-04-05lekythos, lekyt, kärlRådata3100873objektStatens museer för världskultur - MedelhavsmuseetSMVK-MMFöremålhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/3100873NM Ant 1700Cup mouth; narrow neck; moulding at junction between neck and shoulder; sloping shoulder; cylindrical body, rounded at lower part; grooved disc base; vertical band handle from neck to shoulder; concave underside with central nipple. Brownish clay; black glaze, partly misfired to red; ochre wash. Mouth top, inside of handle, edge of base and underside reserved; egg-and-dot pattern at base of neck; a pattern of connected palmettes on shoulder; right below shoulder on one side of body a border of meanders and dotted saltier squares; on body Orpheus with uplifted arms, fleeing from an invisible attacker to the left; he is wounded by a spear, still hanging in the right thigh and holds his lyre in his right hand; he wears a wreath and a pleated cloak; below a border of ivy leaves and dots.NM Ant 1700, Gift from the Friends of the National Museum. Acquired from Dr. Frederik Poulsen who had purchased it at Terranova di Sicilia (Gela)., Hjältemonter., 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., Mended. Retouched. Worn., H 30.3. Ø of rim 5.5. Ø of base 5.9., Jönköpings läns museum, 1998., Troilos Painter., Nationalmusei Årsbok 4, 19??, 127; 139. E. Kjellberg, ‘Några grekiska vaser i Nationalmuseum’, Nationalmusei Småskrifter 1, 1925, fig.1. J. D. Beazley, Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters2, Oxford 1963, vol.1, 297 n°18. Antiken. Konst från den grekisk-romerska kulturvärlden ur svenska samlingar ... (Nationalmusei utställningskatalog 313), Stockholm 1967, 60, n°174. E. Rystedt, Grekisk keramik (Medelhavsmuseet, Skrifter 5), Stockholm 1985, 18f, figs.14 and 16. A. Lindblom, Orfeus trakiska historia. Attiska vasmotiv från 400 f Kr. (B. A. thesis, Department of Ancient Culture and society, University of Stockholm), Stockholm1992, with references to LIMC., Red-figure, Antikens Grekland och Rom, Italy, Antikens Grekland och Rom - Showcase 10:18. World of myths, 1998.0003, Jönköpings läns museumBrukadClassicalFunnenEuropa, Italien, SicilyÄgdNationalmuseum, Stockholmimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3781686/representationhttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3781687/representationhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#byStalteri Marcus, AnnaStatens museer för världskulturimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3781692/representationhttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3781693/representationhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#byStalteri Marcus, AnnaStatens museer för världskulturimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3781695/representationhttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3781696/representationhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#byStalteri Marcus, AnnaStatens museer för världskulturimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3781698/representationhttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3781699/representationhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#byStalteri Marcus, AnnaStatens museer för världskulturhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3968929http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3968930http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3968931http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3968932http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3968933http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3968934http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/5051696http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/exhibition/3953913http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/exhibitionpart/3953889http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/html/3100873http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/xml/3100873http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/rdf/3100873