Lekythos
A lekythos was a small container for oil which was used rubbed onto the skin and scraped from the body with a strigil to leave the skin clean. They are often associated with funeral practice in Ancient Greece. This one is decorated with horizontal bands of varying widths and palmettes.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 36/1927/23
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Foreign archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Southern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Forbes, J de B, Rev
- Material
- pottery
- Common Name
- lekythos
- Simple Name
- vessel
