Lekythos
MS5677
From: Greece | Euboea | Eretria
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS5677 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Attic |
| Provenience | Greece | Euboea | Eretria |
| Manufacture Location | Attica |
| Date Made | 450-425 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | White Ground Ware |
| Iconography | Grave Stele | Girl | Youth |
| Description | Girl and youth at grave stele. Representations now (1979) very dim: for better preserved state see refs. on cat. card. Girl at left (only head & chest remain) facing right. Stele in center (shaft & blocks of base remain). Youth remains substantially complete with light red cloak drawn diagonally across lower body and legs, a scabbard at left side and with hand extended toward girl across stele. Intact except for missing small section of handle. |
| Height | 38 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 10.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from S. Hudson Chapman, 1926 |
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