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 (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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HAIMON P by KUNZE
· -525 to -475
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 (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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HAIMON GROUP
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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BRUSSELS A 2130, P OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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HAIMON P by BEAZLEY
· -525 to -475
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, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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DIOSPHOS P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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-525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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MARATHON P
· -525 to -475
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 (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 (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 (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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HAIMON P by BEAZLEY
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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-500 to -450
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 (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, LUCANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT, FRAGMENTS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
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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EMPORION P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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EMPORION P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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BELDAM P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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BELDAM P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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BELDAM P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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BELDAM P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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BELDAM P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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BELDAM P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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BELDAM P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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BELDAM P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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BELDAM P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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BELDAM P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, BLACK PATTERN)
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-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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BELDAM CLASS
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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BELDAM CLASS
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ITALIOTE, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ITALIOTE, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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HOPLITE-LEAVING-HOME, GROUP OF THE by BORUSKOVSKAIA
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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HAIMON P by BORUSKOVSKAIA
· -525 to -475
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