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Lekythos (oil flask): Palmette design
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ANCIENT LEKYTHOS PALMETTE DESIGN FROM BAIAE
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Transfer from the Department of the Classics Harvard University Gift of Rev. Edward H. Hall '55
Title: Lekythos (oil flask): Palmette design
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ANCIENT LEKYTHOS PALMETTE DESIGN FROM BAIAE.
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