Lekythos
64-18-4
From: Italy | Campania | Pompeii (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 64-18-4 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | South Italian |
Provenience | Italy | Campania | Pompeii (uncertain) |
Manufacture Location | South Italy |
Date Made | ca. 350 BCE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Ceramic |
Technique | Black Glaze |
Description | Ring foot, body ovoid in profile, continuous in curve from base of neck to foot. Lip trumpet shaped. Vertical strap handle attached at upper body and lower neck. Fully black glazed except resting surface and bottom. Intact except for oval hole through lower wall 0.015 x .01 m. Circular reddened area (from firing) ca. 0.05 in diam. on middle wall. |
Height | 26.5 cm |
Outside Diameter | 12.2 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Minerva S. Buerk, 1964 |
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