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

Lekythos

Detailed information

Name of the object

Lekythos

Inventory №

1648

Location

Shumen Regional Museum

Material from which the item is made

Clay

Dimensions and weight

Height 9,2 cm, diameter of the mouth 2,4 cm, of the body 5,3 cm, of the bottom 4 cm

Method of acquisition and location

Cultural period of creation

Antiquity

Item description

Lekythos – aryballos-like. The upper part and part of the handle are covered with brown black glaze. The body is with mesh pattern decoration. Found during excavations held by V. Antonova in 1964 in the area of the village of Kyolmen, tomb II.
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