Lagynos

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Lagynos depicting musical instruments, around 105/100 BC BC, from Cyrenaica

The Lagynos (old Greek λάγυνος, plural Lagynoi ) is a modern name for a Greek vase shape that was mainly produced in the Hellenistic period.

The Lagynos was a bulbous jug with a wide, low body and a thin vertical bottle neck. A horizontal handle connected the flat shoulder of the jug body to the bottle-like neck. It was mainly used in the Alexandrian cult for wine donations. Sometimes the neck was also decorated with plastic figures. The average height of the vessel was about 20 centimeters.

literature

  • Gabriel Leroux: Lagynos. Research on céramique et l'art ornemental hellénistiques. Paris 1913 (Paris, Univ., Diss., 1912/1913).
  • Wolfgang Schiering : The Greek clay pots. Shape, purpose and change of form (= Gebr.-Mann-Studio-series ). 2nd, significantly changed and expanded edition. Mann, Berlin 1983, ISBN 3-7861-1325-4 , p. 148.

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