Lidded lekanis

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Inventory number

ΝΜΑ 411

Artist

Attic workshop

Category

Vessel

Period

Hellenistic Period

Date

300-270 BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.031 m
Rim diameter: 0.059 m
Base diameter: 0.028 m
Height: lid 0.03 m
Lid diameter: 0.058 m

Material

Clay

Location

Gallery of the Acropolis Slopes, underfloor case display

Description
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Small-size lidded lekanis mended from many fragments. It was unearthed in 2000 during the Makrygiannis plot excavation in a foundation ritual pit beneath the floor of House Λ (foundation ritual ΝΜΑ 16).

The ring foot is high and flat bottomed with imprints of the string dragged under the vessel in order to remove it from the potter’s wheel. The body is deep and the rim vertical with a ridge for the lid. The slightly domed lid has a knob handle on its top.

Ελευθεράτου, Σ. (επιμ.), Το Μουσείο και η Ανασκαφή. Ευρήματα από τον χώρο ανέγερσης του Νέου Μουσείου της Ακρόπολης, Αθήνα, 2006, σελ. 54, εικ. 122, αρ. κατ. 122