Lekythos

Cup mouth with straight sides; neck with concave profile; moulding at base of neck; sloping, rounded shoulder; vertical band handle from neck to shoulder; cylindrical body, tapering downwards; flaring ring base. Yellowish brown clay; red wash; black glaze. Mouth and outside of handle painted; elongated tongues on neck; below moulding one row of short tongues; on shoulder upright palmettes alternating with lotus buds (?), and below a row of dotted circles and a band at angle between shoulder and body; on body opposite handle a female figure between two warriors and two youths holding spears, base line below figures; lower body and base top painted; bottom reserved.