# Black-Figure Lekythos (Oil Vessel): Seated Men, Warriors and Horse

- By: Leagros Group (Greek, Attic, active c. 520–500 BCE)
- Date: c. 510–500 BCE
- Medium: ceramic
- Classification: Ceramic
- Dimensions: Overall: 31.7 cm (12 1/2 in.)
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Credit line: Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.134)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.134/1929.134_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Four men decorate the body of this sturdy oil vessel, perhaps in a scene of homecoming. Unlike on later, white-ground lekythoi, the painter has used white only as an accent—now faded—on the shield and the clothing and broad-brimmed hats of some of the men. The letters scattered across the background do not spell any recognizable Greek words, perhaps suggesting an illiterate painter and/or clientele.