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, RED-FIGURE)
RF
TYMBOS P by BEAZLEY
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
MINA P
· -425 to -375
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
TYMBOS P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
DIOSPHOS P by HASPELS
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ATHENS 1826, P OF
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
Akin to LM P
· -425 to -375
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ATHENS 1826, P OF
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (CRETAN GEOMETRIC)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ITALIOTE, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ATHENS 1826, P OF
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
AMASIS P
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF by BEAZLEY
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HOUND-AND-HARE GROUP
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HOUND-AND-HARE GROUP
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
GROUP P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
AGORA P 24340, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
AGORA P 24340, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
AGORA P 24340, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
AGORA P 24340, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
AGORA P 24366, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
AGORA P 24340, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
AGORA P 24366, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
AGORA P 24366, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
OXFORD 1940.74, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
OXFORD 1940.74, GROUP OF by BEAZLEY
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
AGORA P 24377, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
AGORA P 24377, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
AGORA P 24377, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
AGORA P 24377, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
AGORA P 24377, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
AGORA P 24377, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
AGORA P 24377, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
AGORA P 24377, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
AGORA P 24402, GROUP OF by BEAZLEY
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
AGORA P 24377, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
AGORA P 24402, GROUP OF by BEAZLEY
· -525 to -475
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