Project “Creation and presentation of digitally accessible cultural heritage of Shumen Municipality”

Lekythos

Detailed information

Name of the object

Lekythos

Inventory №

345

Location

Shumen Regional Museum

Material from which the item is made

Clay

Dimensions and weight

Height 8,8 cm, diameter of the mouth 3,3 cm, diameter of the body 8,1 cm, of the bottom 6,8 cm

Method of acquisition and location

Cultural period of creation

Antiquity

Item description

Lekythos of high-quality clay, covered with polished black glaze. Funnel-like neck, hemispherical body and flat bottom with low ring. Flat ring-shaped handle decorated with two grooves. Found during the excavations of mound № 2 near the village of Yankovo in 1951 by Tsv. Dremsizova.
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