Lakaina

As Lakaina ( λᾴκαινα, plural Lakainai ) is called in Classical Archaeology a form of Greek ceramics.

The Lakaina is an ancient Greek drinking vessel. It is a high, two-tiered bowl shape with a very high, patch edge. At the lower part of the cylindrical shell, two horizontal handle attached. The name has been narrated by Athenaeus in the eleventh book of his Deipnosophistai. He introduces the concept back to the Spartans ( Laconia ), in Sparta, the shape of originate. From research today Athenaeus ' assumption is supported. The shells have an average height of about 10 centimeters. The cup-shaped Lakaina was different than in most other parts of Greece have preferred the simple and shallow dish. Such shallow bowls were produced in Sparta almost exclusively for export. Are known from the Naucratis Painter and from hunting painters decorated forms.