Lekythos
- Description
- Jars like this were used in ancient Greece for storing and pouring perfumed oil, often in association with burials. This jar is decorated with two men who are dancing, and another who is seated. Its provenance suggests it was excavated by Sir Alfred Biliotti during his important work at the acropolis of Cameiros between 1852 and 1864.
- Accession Loan No.
- 1887/10/60
- Collection Class
- Foreign archaeology
- Common Name
- lekythos
- Simple Name
- vessel
- Full Name
- perfumed oil bottle; lekythos
- Dimensions
- whole height 175 mm; whole diameter 65 mm
- Cultural Group
- Greek
- Period Classification
- Archaic - 1100-500 BC
- Production Year Low
- -599
- Production Year High
- -500
- Family Group
- Material
- pottery; terracotta; Black figure ware
- Function Name
- storage
- Function Detail
- perfumed oil, used especially at funerals
- Collector / Excavator
- Biliotti, A., Mr
- Collection Site Name
- Cameiros
- Collection Town
- Cameiros
- Collection County
- Rhodes
- Collection Country
- Greece
- Collection Area Region
- Southern Europe
- Collection Continent
- Europe
