Acquisition number: 2009.03
Intact but the surface is worn and incrusted. Orange clay, pale brown on the surface. Simple everted lip. There is a bulge in the neck. Perked-up body. There is a crudely-attached handle from neck to shoulder; it has a broad groove down the outer face. Distinct foot, flat on the underside. There is a groove running round the vase on the lower part of the shoulder.
Title: Lekythos - 2009.03.4
Acquisition number: 2009.03
Author or editor: J.R. Green
Culture or period: Punic.
Date: Phases V-VI: Late Hellenistic to Early Roman.
Material: Clay - Terracotta
Object type: Lekythos
Dimensions: 136mm (h)
Origin region or location: Malta
Display case or on loan: 2
Keywords: Maltese, Punic
C. Sagona, Mediterranean Archaeology 9-10, 1996-97, 41 no. 8.
2009.03.4
Lekythos
Ht 13.6cm
(Parliament of Australia inventory number 01/0069.003)
Intact but the surface is worn and incrusted. Orange clay, pale brown on the surface. Simple everted lip. There is a bulge in the neck. Perked-up body. There is a crudely-attached handle from neck to shoulder; it has a broad groove down the outer face. Distinct foot, flat on the underside. There is a groove running round the vase on the lower part of the shoulder.
Sagona places the piece in Phases V-VI: Late Hellenistic to Early Roman.
C. Sagona, Mediterranean Archaeology 9-10, 1996-97, 41 no. 8.
Parliament of Australia.
Parliament Dr, Canberra ACT 2600.