Lekythos
MS5856
Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS5856 |
| Current Location | Greece Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Attic |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Attica |
| Date Made | ca. 500 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Black Figure |
| Iconography | Man | Woman | Oxen | Fountain |
| Description | Intact Chimney lekythos. A man driving two oxen. In front of the oxen is a woman stepping up. In front of her is a fountain, with animal spout, in profile. Behind the fountain house is a mysterious arangement. It consists of two upright and two horizontal members from above and below. A roughly rectangular object rests on the lower horizontal, a vertical branch between the two. Above is a band of meander. |
| Height | 19.3 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 5.3 cm |
| Other Number | MS#### (uncertain) - Other Number |
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