Lydion

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Ionic - black-figure Lydion with stripe decoration, 2nd half of the 6th century BC BC, found in Gela , today in the Museo archeologico regional di Palermo

The Lydion (ancient Greek λύδιον; plural Lydia ) was an ancient vase shape.

The Lydion, as the name suggests, came from ancient Lydia and was also adopted by potters in ancient Greece. The small shape of a bulbous and handle-less anointing oil vessel was particularly popular in Eastern Greece . The vessel stood on a narrow, relatively high foot that was either cylindrical or conical in shape. The neck could be of different lengths and was angular. The lip was level. The Lydion was generally decorated with stripes. In Athens the form was rarely produced, figuratively decorated it was even more rare.

literature

  • 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. 151.

Web links

Commons : Lydia  - collection of images, videos and audio files