Attic Black Figure Lekythos

Date
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
Butler B-P1316
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Lekythos
Pottery Ware
Attic Black Figure
Pottery Attribution
Sector
Nec
Trench
Tomb 722
Findspot
Necropolis, Tomb 722, found at end of sarcophagus.
Description
Complete and unbroken. Black glaze on the foot, lower body, handle, and rim. Chase, "Field Notes": " On shoulder, double row of tongues. On body, fine hard yellowish white slip, bordered above and below by a narrow brown-black stripe and decorated with a group of five enclosed palmettes, with dots between, and lotus flower at either side. Over black varnish, just below white panel, two red stripes; near outer edge of foot, circle in red over-color.
Dimensions
H. 0.105; diam. 0.043
Comments
Cf. Athens NM 2213, ABL pl. 36:5. Also in tomb: bronze mirror, bronze box mirror, stone weight, glass (composition) bead, iron spearhead, alabastron with graffito, flacon (porphyry?), lamps, and gold ring: Sardis XI, 38, no. 98, pi. 9:
See Also
Bibliography
Author
NHR