Lakaina
As lakaina ( λᾴκαινα , plural Lakainai ) is called in classical archeology a form of Greek ceramics.
The Lakaina is an ancient Greek drinking vessel. It is a tall, two-part shell shape with a very high, attached rim. Two horizontal handles are attached to the lower part of the cylindrical shell. The name has been handed down to Athenaios in the eleventh book of his Deipnosophistai . He traces the term back to the Spartans ( Laconia ), the form is said to have its origin in Sparta. Athenaios' conjecture is supported by current research. The bowls have an average height of about 10 centimeters. Unlike in most other areas of Greece, the cup-shaped lakaina was preferred to the simple and flat bowl. Such shallow bowls were produced in Sparta almost exclusively for export. There are known shapes decorated by the Naukratis painter and the hunting painter .
literature
- Thomas Mannack : Greek vase painting. An introduction. Theiss, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8062-1743-2 , p. 126.
- 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 , pp. 148f.