Shape
Lekythos
λήκυθος
10092 vases
A narrow-necked flask for oil, often used as a funerary offering placed in or on the grave. White-ground lekythoi bear some of the most beautiful and haunting images in Greek art — scenes of mourning, farewell, and the boundary between life and death.
Function & Use
Oil flask; funerary offering
10092 examples
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT, FRAGMENTS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS (ETRUSCAN)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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HOPLITE-LEAVING-HOME, GROUP OF THE by BEAZLEY
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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HAIMON GROUP by SIPSIE-ESCHBACH
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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EDINBURGH P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF by BEAZLEY
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF by BEAZLEY
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENA P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581, CLASS OF by BEAZLEY
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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HOUND-AND-HARE GROUP
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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HOUND-AND-HARE GROUP
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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GROUP P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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AGORA P 24381, GROUP OF by BEAZLEY
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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AGORA P 24377, GROUP OF by BEAZLEY
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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AGORA P 24381, GROUP OF by BEAZLEY
· -525 to -475
ASKOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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AGORA P 24381, GROUP OF by BEAZLEY
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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AGORA P 24381, GROUP OF by BEAZLEY
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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AGORA P 24381, GROUP OF by BEAZLEY
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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AGORA P 24486, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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AGORA P 24486, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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AGORA P 24486, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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AGORA P 24486, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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AGORA P 24486, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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AGORA P 24327, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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AGORA P 24327, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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AGORA P 24327, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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-525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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AGORA P 24327, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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AGORA P 24327, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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GELA P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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Related to SAPPHO P by BEAZLEY
· -525 to -475
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