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Accession_Number 26.12.1
Shape Aryballos
Shape_description Ovoid
Material Terracotta
Fabric Corinthian
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 10YR 8/2
Decoration On mouth two concentric circles. Three horizontal bands on the handle. No shoulder decoration. On body, six (or seven?) thin bands above three thick ones. Base is slightly concave and reserved.
Inscriptions
Condition Intact. Partial erosion of paint but pattern remains clear.
Technique/Style Late Protocorinthian
Provenance Boeotia
Period Subgeometric
Date 650-645
Dating_details
Artist Navarra Type
Attribution Neeft 1987
Image

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Side view of a Corinthian subgeometric aryballos, showing intact neck and handle. Striped decoration faded.

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Right side view of a Corinthian subgeometric aryballos, showing circle designs around the body.

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Left side view of a Corinthian subgeometric aryballos, showing banded design on the body.

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Top view of a Corinthian subgeometric aryballos, showing the lip.

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Underside view of a Corinthian subgeometric aryballos, showing the base.
Comparanda
Bibliography CVA 3.8; Neeft 1987, 255, no. 2038
Archive_Ref reference 1
reference 2
Beazley_DB
Height 6.0
Diameters Rim 2.9, body 3.5, foot 1.3
Handle_height 2.0
Other_dims.
Location 4.2.6
Edited_by Denise; Will
Date_edited 23.07.2002; 9.7.2007
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