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 (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
COCK GROUP
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LITTLE-LION CLASS
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, BRONZE AGE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (CYPRIOT, BRONZE AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, BRONZE AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, BRONZE AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, BRONZE AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, BRONZE AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, BRONZE AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, BRONZE AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, BRONZE AGE)
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, SQUAT (ITALIOTE, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ITALIOTE, ADDED COLOUR)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ITALIOTE, ADDED COLOUR)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ITALIOTE, ADDED COLOUR)
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ITALIOTE, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS (CORINTHIAN)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (UNCERTAIN)
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LEKYTHOS (ITALIOTE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ITALIOTE, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ITALIOTE, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ITALIOTE, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ITALIOTE, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ITALIOTE, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, BLACK PATTERN)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, BRONZE AGE, RED POLISHED WARE)
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