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Lekythos.

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Cup mouth; narrow neck; moulding at junction between neck and shoulder; sloping shoulder; cylindrical body, rounded at lower part; grooved disc base; vertical band handle from neck to shoulder; concave underside with central nipple. Brownish red clay; black glaze; red wash. Mouth top, edge of base and underside reserved; egg pattern at base of neck; a pattern of connected palmettes and lotus buds on shoulder; right below shoulder on one side of body a border of meanders and dotted saltier squares and another one on lower body; on body Theseus in short chiton is moving a large rock to his right; below the stone a sword (and a pair of sandals); to the right of the stone (probably) Aethra in sakkos, chiton and himation is standing in profile; she holds up her left hand towards Theseus and holds a red object in her right hand.
The Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities
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Title: Lekythos.
Description:
Cup mouth; narrow neck; moulding at junction between neck and shoulder; sloping shoulder; cylindrical body, rounded at lower part; grooved disc base; vertical band handle from neck to shoulder; concave underside with central nipple.
Brownish red clay; black glaze; red wash.
Mouth top, edge of base and underside reserved; egg pattern at base of neck; a pattern of connected palmettes and lotus buds on shoulder; right below shoulder on one side of body a border of meanders and dotted saltier squares and another one on lower body; on body Theseus in short chiton is moving a large rock to his right; below the stone a sword (and a pair of sandals); to the right of the stone (probably) Aethra in sakkos, chiton and himation is standing in profile; she holds up her left hand towards Theseus and holds a red object in her right hand.

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