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Gnathia Lekanis, Container

Gnathia Lekanis, Container

1922.01.0149A

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification	Gnathia Lekanis, Container (1922.01.0149A)
Classification/ Nomenclature	Personal Artifacts : Toilet Articles : Beauty Supplies
Artist/Maker	Unknown
Geographic Location	Europe, West : Italy : Lazio Region : Capena
Period	Hellenistic
Date	Late 4th century BCE
Culture	South Italian Greek, Egnazian, Gnathian

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Diameter)	17.9 cm
Dimension 2 (Height)	6.5 cm
Dimension 3 (N/A)	N/A
Weight	239 g
Measuring Remarks	Under Review
Materials	Ceramic--Terracotta, Pigment--Glaze
Manufacturing Processes	Throwing, Firing, Painting, Glazing, Handbuilding

Research Remarks

Description	SICILIAN (?) GNATHIA LEKANIS AND LID Shape and Ornament: Carinated body and lid, echinus foot, slightly flaring knob handle. Undecorated body and reserved foot. On the lid, tendrils and dot rosettes between two pairs of lines. Line on the edge of the knob. Accessory Colors: Yellow: line, tendrils, and dot rosettes. From Capena. Attributed as Gnathian by J.R. Green (in a letter dated 8/14/97), who says it might be of Sicilian manufacture. --Wisseman, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Plate 61, 10.
Published Description	Under Review
Bibliography	Wisseman, Sarah U. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Philipp von Zabern: Mainz, 1989. Page 51, Plate 61, 10.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication	University of Marburg Archaeological Seminar Collection
Reproduction	No

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