ΛΗΚV : ΛΔ : ΛΗ would denote thirty-four lekythi for thirty-seven obols, or roughly 1½d. apiece; 15
ΛΗΚV : ΙΓ : ΙΑ thirteen lekythi for eleven obols, at a slightly lower price.[[2078]] Aristophanes[[2079]] tells us that one obol would purchase quite a fine lekythos, just as elsewhere[[2080]] he mentions three drachmae as the cost of a κάδος or cask. This latter statement is borne out by the inscription on a vase,
, or five κάδια value twelve drachmae, i.e. at about 2½ dr. apiece.[[2081]] An inscription quoted below shows that the owner of a cup valued it at one drachma. Other examples of the same kind are collected by Schöne. The cup from Cerigo in the British Museum, on which is incised
(ἡμικοτύλιον)[[2082]] does not strictly come into this category, but may be mentioned as having an inscription of the same class.
(3) Inscriptions incised by the owner, and subsequently to the completion of the vase. These usually take the form of the word
