A round bodied vase with a wide mouth. It was generally
used as bucket with a rope tied to the handles.
Dimensions: height about 20-30cm
Lekane
A stout bowl with two handles. It was used for any
purpose.
Dimensions: height about 20-30cm
Situla
A deep bowl has the name meaning bucket in Latin.
It was used for many purpose and copied from metal
shape. This shape was sometimes produced in South
Italy. Cf. Boston 1992.317 (Nagoya
Boston Museum).
Dimensions: height about 20cm
Amis
An urinal. An example from Athenian Agora has an egg
shaped body with a handle on top and the eaves above
the large hole on the body.
Dimensions: height about 20cm
Feeder
A feeder with a long spout and a handle. There is
a hole on top of the body.
Dimensions: height about 5-10cm
Epinetron
Body in the form of a hemicylinder with moulded female
head at the end. It is used as knee-piece over which
wool is worked. So the upper part of the body has
ragged surface. Sometimes this shape is miscalled
"Onos", though it means a foot stand.
Some Epinetra are depicted by the black-figure, although
the red-figured example is rare. Figured scene is
arranged on the side of the body and sometimes around
the moulded figure. Cf. Harvard 1960.322 (Perseus
Project).
Dimensions: diam. about 30cm
Kalathos
Altough the name usually applied for a basket used
for storing wool, also used for the pottery with conical
shape, copied from the basket. Some smaller examples
probably used as cups, although larger examples seems
to be used as same purpose as basket. Cf. St.
Louis 156.1922 (Perseus
Project).
Dimensions: height about 10-30cm
Lamp
A flat body has a hole on the upper surface and the
spout has a small hole to insert a wick.
Dimensions: diam. about 5-10cm
Louterion
A shallow bowl, with the meaning of "to wash",
has two handles and a spout. Cf. Lidoriki
(Odysseus).
Perirrhanterion
A water basin with a tall foot and the name means
"to sprinkle". It was generally made by
stone.