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Framed Print of Attic White-Ground Lekythos, about 460 BC. Creator: Unknown
Attic White-Ground Lekythos, about 460 BC. Oil Jar with a Woman Tying a Ritual Ribbon around a Gravestone.
Additional Info: In ancient Greek society, as in many Greek villages today, women were responsible for the maintenance and care of the family graves. In the mid-400s BC part of this responsibility involved visiting the grave regularly and bringing offerings to the dead. This Athenian white-ground lekythos depicts a woman performing these tasks. The rounded object behind the woman is the tymbos or grave mound. An exaleiptron, a vessel designed to hold perfumed oil, sits atop the tymbos, which has been decorated with offerings of fillets or ribbons, spears, and leafy branches. The woman busies herself with adding another fillet to the tall loutrophoros at the right. The loutrophoros, shown here as being decorated in the black-figure technique, was the vessel used to hold water for the ritual wedding bath in Greek culture. Thus, this type of vase was frequently placed on the graves of those who died before marriage. The funerary imagery on this lekythos illustrates its function. White-ground lekythoi, such as this one, were left as offerings at the grave on family visits just like the one depicted here. Heritage Images features heritage image collections. © Heritage Art/Heritage Images
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Media ID 41084995
5th Century Bc Athenian Athens Attic Funerary Grave Graves Gravestone Gravestones Greece Europe Lekythos Offering Offerings Oil Jar Ribbon Terra Cotta Terracotta Tying Tying Up White Ground
Modern Frame 14"x12" (36x31cm)
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Wood effect frame, card mounted, 10x8 fade resistant photo print. Overall outside dimensions 14x12 inches (36x31cm). Environmentally and ozone friendly, 40mm wide x 15mm Polycore® moulding has the look of real wood, is durable and light and easy to hang. Biodegradable and made with non-chlorinated gases (no toxic fumes) it is efficient; producing 100 tons of polystyrene can save 300 tons of trees! Prints are glazed with lightweight, shatterproof, optical clarity acrylic (providing the same general protection from the environment as glass). The back is stapled hardboard with a sawtooth hanger attached. Note: measurements provided are estimated outer dimensions, which include both the image and the frame. While we aim to keep sizing consistent, exact dimensions may vary slightly due to differences in print size or production requirements, which may result in a variation in the overall size (up to approximately 2.5cm (1"))
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Estimated Image Size (if not cropped) is 14.8cm x 24.4cm (5.8" x 9.6")
Estimated Product Size is 31cm x 36cm (12.2" x 14.2")
