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

Lekythos

Detailed information

Name of the object

Lekythos

Inventory №

367

Location

Shumen Regional Museum

Material from which the item is made

Clay

Dimensions and weight

Height 7,7 cm, diameter of the mouth 3 cm, of the body 4,5 cm, of the bottom 3 cm

Method of acquisition and location

Cultural period of creation

Antiquity

Item description

Lekythos of black-glazed clay. On the front side painted 11-leafed palmette bordered by two curves and two irregular triangles. Found during excavations of vaulted tomb near the village of Yankovo in 1953 by Tsv. Dremsizova.
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