APC Image: AK 1140Black-figured lekythos from Y-Z. The neck and most of the shoulder are missing. In the centre of the scene is a horse to left and behind him stands a figure, apparently female, wearing an outer cloak with a border of white dots and a purple stripe. She wears a fillet or wreath on her head. In her hand she appears to hold the bridle of the horse. On either side of her stands a warrior to left in full armor, with spear, helmet, and large circular shield. Purple and white are used freely for accessories. On the shoulder of the vase are figures of a cock and heart-shaped leaves. The bottom is unglazed and perforated in the centre.
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Object Description:   Black-figured lekythos from Y-Z. The neck and most of the shoulder are missing. In the centre of the scene is a horse to left and behind him stands a figure, apparently female, wearing an outer cloak with a border of white dots and a purple stripe. She wears a fillet or wreath on her head. In her hand she appears to hold the bridle of the horse. On either side of her stands a warrior to left in full armor, with spear, helmet, and large circular shield. Purple and white are used freely for accessories. On the shoulder of the vase are figures of a cock and heart-shaped leaves. The bottom is unglazed and perforated in the centre.
Negative Number:   AK 1140
Category:   Pottery
Subcategory:   Lekythos
Site:   Acropolis, North Slope
City:   Athens
Region:   Attica
Country:   Greece
Date:   1937
Format:   Interpositive
Dimensions:   17.5 X 12.5
Bibliography:   Hesperia 7 (1938), p. 176, fig. 13.
Repository:   ASCSA ARCHIVES
Collection Title:   Archaeological Photographic Collection
Series:   AK
Image Width:   1541
Image Height:   2118