Attic Red Figure Squat Lekythos Fragment

Date
Ca. 470 BC, Late Lydian (Persian)
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
Butler B-P1511
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Squat Lekythos
Pottery Ware
Attic Red Figure
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Findspot
Necropolis, Tomb 842. From dromos.
Description

Neck and mouth missing, badly damaged. Chase,"Field Notes": "On front, woman in Doric chiton, running right (upper body in front view, head in profile left). Both arms are extended (to right and left respectively) and each hand grasps a torch (?). Hair in veil. Beneath her feet, a narrow spared band which runs around vase.

"Eye and profile suggest a date ca. 470."

Dimensions
H. 0.12; diam. 0.093.
Comments
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Author
NHR