Inventory Number: | P 18345 | |
Section Number: | ΝΝ 3437 | |
Title: | Lekythos: Eros on Dolphin | |
Category: | Plastic Vases | |
Description: | The base, made separately, missing; the handle and much of the mouth broken away; also the tip of the dolphin's tail. The back plain, rounded, topped with an ordinary lekythos mouth and handle, these and the shoulder glazed black, as also the mid-part of the back. The front, moulded, shows a youthful male figure, winged, and crowned with a large wreath, seated sidewise on a dolphin. Long curls hang over his shoulders. Firm white slip, with over-painting in colors: blue on wings, red on the dolphin, yellow on the hair. Pinkish-buff clay. | |
Notes: | Koukla factory related fill? | |
Context: | House H, room 10, Hellenistic fill in west part. | |
Notebook Page: | 5582 | |
Negatives: | Leica, XXIX-35, color slide | |
Dimensions: | P.H. 0.097; P.W. 0.076 | |
Date: | 24 July 1947 | |
Section: | ΝΝ | |
Grid: | C 19 | |
Period: | Greek | |
Bibliography: | Hesperia 47 (1978), p. 388, pl. 96. | |
References: | Publication: Hesperia 47 (1978) Image: 2000.02.0688 (Slide Sheet: 45:20) Image: 2012.51.1425 (XXIX-35) Notebook: ΝΝ-28 Notebook: ΝΝ-29 Notebook Page: ΝΝ-28-96 (pp. 5582-5583) Notebook Page: ΝΝ-29-15 (pp. 5620-5621) Card: P 18345 |