Loutrophoros

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Inventory number

ΝΑ 1957 Αα 65

Artist

Close to Lydos

Category

Vessel

Period

Archaic Period

Date

Mid 6th cent. BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.3 m
Neck diameter: 0.08 m
Body diameter: 0.121 m
Base diameter: 0.088 m

Material

Clay

Location

Gallery of the Acropolis Slopes, Case 4, No 5

Description
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Loutrophoros-amphora decorated in the black-figure technique. It was found in 1957 in the Sanctuary of the Nymphe.

The vase’s neck is decorated on each side with two men clad in himatia and having between them a hanging ribbon. The decoration on the body of the vase consists of a rosette flanked by two pairs of opposing swans. Lower, a wide, black band bears a white, snake-like line, while the lowest part of the vessel is adorned with rays. The loutrophoros’ base repeats the decorative motif with the overpainted wavy white line.

Παπαδοπούλου-Κανελλοπούλου, Χ., Ιερό της Νύμφης. Μελανόμορφες λουτροφόροι, 1997, Αθήνα, σελ. 20, 167, εικ. 76, αρ. κατ. 389