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Lekythos

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Lekythos

Period:: Classical
Date:: ca. 430 B.C.
Culture:: Greek, Attic
Medium:: Terracotta; red-figure, white-ground
Dimensions:: Overall: 15 1/16in. (38.3cm) Diameter: 4 1/8 × 2 5/16 × 2 13/16 in. (10.5 × 5.9 × 7.1 cm)
Classification:: Vases
Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, 1923
Accession Number:: 23.160.40

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References

Richter, Gisela M.A. 1925. "Recent Classical Accessions." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 20(2): pp. 48-49.
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What
Clay (23,649)

Vessels (21,921)

Vases (8,895)

Terracotta (8,373)

Jugs (1,683)

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Where
Europe (148,586)

Greece (6,287)
When
1000 B.C.-A.D. 1 (23,148)
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Ancient Greece, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.

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