Lekanis lid

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Inventory number

ΝΑ 1956 ΝΑΚ 442

Artist

Attic workshop

Category

Vessel

Period

Hellenistic Period

Date

120-86 BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.14 m
Diameter: 0.35 m

Material

Clay

Location

Gallery of the Acropolis Slopes, Case 3, No 28

Description
Bibliography

Lekanis lid that belongs to the so called Large Leaf Group 2 mended from many fragments and restored. It was found in 1956 in cistern 14 on the south slope of the Acropolis slope.

Its profile is conical with vertical rim and low, round knob. Horizontal grooves run around the handle as well as the upper and lowest body. The lid bears West slope decoration: floral and geometric motifs are either incised or formed with added clay against black glaze.

Vogeikoff, N., Hellenistic Pottery from the South Slope of the Athenian Acropolis (διδακτορική διατριβή), Bryan Mawr College, 1993, σελ. 149-150, εικ. 82, πίν. 213, αρ. κατ. D 35
Vogeikoff-Brogan, N., «Late Hellenistic Pottery in Athens: A New Deposit and Further Thoughts on the Association of Pottery and Societal Change», Hesperia Supplement 69, 2000, σελ. 312, 314, 315, εικ. 18, αρ. κατ. 50