Attic black-figure lekythos

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depicting Dionysos seated between dancing maenads and satyrs.

earlier 5th century BC

The term lekythos is applied to a number of related shapes. Lekythoi were mostly used as containers for oil and oil-based perfumes, especially by women, and occasionally as tableware. Small lekythoi were often used as grave gifts.

Part of the ANU Classics Collection.

3D scanning by Ricky Vuckovic