Broken and mended. Much of the glaze and the white ground have abraded. Drawing very faint. H. 0.23; diam. at shoulder 0.071.

Youth at tomb. The youth, dressed in a himation, sits to right on a block seat, holding a box. Before him is a stele. Above, four lines. On the shoulder: rays; above, tongue pattern. Dilute glaze: lines. Matte drawing: gray outline for youth and tomb; reddish brown for his hair.

The shape of the stele belongs to Nakayama's Type B-V (Nakayama, Lekythen, pp. 266--268), except that 897 does not have the central crowning palmette.