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, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, GNATHIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, GNATHIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, SICILIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS (EGYPTIAN, ENAMEL)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (UNCERTAIN)
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LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT)
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LEKYTHOS (PUNIC)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (UNCERTAIN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (UNCERTAIN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS (PROTOGEOMETRIC)
LEKYTHOS (PROTOGEOMETRIC)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN PROTOGEOMETRIC)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN PROTOGEOMETRIC)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN PROTOGEOMETRIC)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN PROTOGEOMETRIC)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, WHITE SLIP WARE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, GNATHIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
FIGURE VASE, LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, POLYCHROME)
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