Inventory number
GL I.607
Artist
Lydos
Category
Vessel
Period
Archaic Period
Date
550-540 BC
Dimensions
Height: 0.03 m to 0.30 m
Length: 0.027 m to 0.37 m
Material
Clay
Location
First Floor Case 8, No 1
Fragments from the rim and body of a lebes decorated in the black-figure technique. They were found in the Acropolis during the excavations conducted there in the years 1883-1885 and 1888. Some were located at the Parthenon's foundations, some in the Persian fill and some others between the Parthenon and the south walls. Most of the vase’s fragments are on display and the rest are kept in the Museum’s storerooms.
Despite the fragmentary condition of the vase, most of the painted decoration can be easily understood. The decoration is organized into three zones: the first, primary zone, depicts the Gigantomachy; the second presents men holding branches and leading animals to a sacrifice and the lower zone alternates animals and mythical creatures.
The decoration was made by the vase-painter Lydos who signed his name on the vessel’s rim. The inscription doesn’t preserve the potter’s name but states: [- - - - ΕΠΟΙΗ]ΣΕΝ ΗΟ ΛΥΔΟΣ Ε[Γ]ΡΑΨ[ΕΝ], meaning “----made (the vase), Lydos painted it.
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