Squat Lekythos
65-39-3
From: Italy | Campania | Pompeii Area
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 65-39-3 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | South Italian |
| Provenience | Italy | Campania | Pompeii Area |
| Date Made | 350-300 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Black Glaze |
| Description | Ring foot. Broad shoulder. Broad strap handle attached at shoulder at base of lip. Lip trumpet shaped. Metallic black glaze on inside of lip and on entire exterior, though splotchily applied on resting surface and underside. Vertical, parallel grooves beneath glaze on body from base of neck to lower wall. A similarly formed X on body below handle. Pale buff clay. Intact except for chip of foot. |
| Height | 15.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 12.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Richard W. Sears II, 1965 |
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