Agora Object: S 1223
Inventory Number:   S 1223
Section Number:   ΚΤΛ 220
Title:   Grave Lekythos
Category:   Sculpture
Description:   Mouth and base are broken away, surface covered with rust colored deposit.
In low relief, a man standing to the left clasps the hand of a seated woman behind whom stands a maid.
Sketchy but competent work of the late 5th century.
No certain trace of inscription.
Pentelic marble.
Context:   Presented to the Agora by British Army HQ in the middle of Athens.
Negatives:   Leica
Dimensions:   P.H. 0.60; Diam. 0.30; H. (relief) 0.23
Material:   Marble (Pentelic)
Date:   29 July 1946
Section:   ΚΤΛ
Bibliography:   Agora XXXV, no. 165, pl. 51.
References:   Publication: Agora XXXV
Image: 2011.05.0230
Card: S 1223