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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HOUND-AND-HARE GROUP
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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GROUP P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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GROUP P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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GROUP P
· -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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GROUP P
· -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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GROUP P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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GROUP P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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GROUP P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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GROUP P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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GROUP P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF by BEAZLEY
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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RHODES 11966, GROUP OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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AGORA P 24340, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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AGORA P 24340, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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AGORA P 24340, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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AGORA P 24340, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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AGORA P 24340, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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RHODES 11966, GROUP OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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AGORA P 24366, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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AGORA P 24402, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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AGORA P 24402, GROUP OF
· -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 24377, 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
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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AGORA P 24381, GROUP OF by BEAZLEY
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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MUNICH 2335, P OF
· -450 to -400
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, RED-FIGURE)
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ACHILLES P by TUSA
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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MUNICH 2774, P OF by GENIERE
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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BOWDOIN P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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BOWDOIN P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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SABOUROFF P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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SIDE-PALMETTE LEKYTHOI
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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TYMBOS P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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BOWDOIN P by TUSA
· -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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ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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AGORA P 24327, GROUP 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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KALINDERU GROUP
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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-425 TO -375
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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KALINDERU GROUP
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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KALINDERU GROUP
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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KALINDERU GROUP
· -525 to -475
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