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Accession_Number

49.8.9

Shape

Aryballos

Shape_description

Scale aryballos (pointed/piriform). The vessel has a flat, wide, disk-shaped rim, a banded handle and a slim, cylindrical neck. The body is ovaloid (inverted egg) and the base is ring-shaped.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Corinthian

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

7.5YR 8/3

Decoration

Rim: There are three narrow, black bands (on a reserved area) between two thicker ones. The side of the rim, the neck and the underside of the handle are all reserved, however there are parallel horizontal bands framed by two thinner vertical lines on the back of the handle. The shoulder is decorated with black tongues. The body is covered with a scale-like motif and each of the scales is rendered with two incised lines at the edge. Additionally, each alternate column has a large purple dot and the columns between have a very small, incised dot. Above and below the scales there are two, broad, black bands, separated by reserved lines. The lower part of the body towards the foot is decorated with tongues (radial-shaped motif). The foot and the base and underside are reserved.

Inscriptions

Condition

Intact, except for tiny chips on the rim and three small gouges on the lower body. The vessel's condition is very good, as the paint is not worn and the glaze remains. There is a dent in the body but this was made during production. Only slight wearing of the purple dots but not so as they become indistinguishable.

Technique/Style

Late Protocorinthian

Provenance

Period

Early Archaic

Date

650-625

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2003.94.0106.jpg	Oblique view, from above, of a Corinthian scale aryballos, showing rim and shoulder decoration.
2003.94.0107.jpg	Left side view of a Corinthian scale aryballos, showing scale decoration on the body between thick black bands.
2003.94.0108.jpg	Front view of a Corinthian scale aryballos, showing scale decoration on the body between thick black bands.
2003.94.0109.jpg	Right side view of a Corinthian scale aryballos, showing scale decoration on the body between thick black bands.
2003.94.0110.jpg	Back view of a Corinthian scale aryballos, showing handle decoration.
2003.94.0111.jpg	Top view of a Corinthian scale aryballos, showing rim and shoulder decoration.
2003.94.0112.jpg	Bottom view of a Corinthian scale aryballos, showing reserved base and radiating design on lower part of body.
	Bottom view of a piriform Corinthian scale aryballos, showing tongues emerging from the base.
2008.99.0544.jpg	Oblique view, from above, of a Corinthian scale aryballos, showing rim and shoulder decoration.
2008.99.0545.jpg	Oblique view, from above, of a Corinthian scale aryballos, showing rim and shoulder decoration.
2008.99.0546.jpg	Left side view of a Corinthian scale aryballos, showing scale decoration on the body between thick black bands.
2008.99.0547.jpg	Back view of a Corinthian scale aryballos, showing handle decoration.
2008.99.0548.jpg	Right side view of a Corinthian scale aryballos, showing scale decoration on the body between thick black bands.
2008.99.0549.jpg	Front view of a Corinthian scale aryballos, showing scale decoration on the body between thick black bands.
2008.99.0550.jpg	Over head view of a Corinthian pointed scale Aryballos, showing rim and shoulder decoration.
2008.99.0551.jpg	Bottom view of a piriform Corinthian scale aryballos, showing tongues emerging from the base.
2019.99.0197.jpg	Right side view of a Corinthian scale aryballos with it's handwritten description.
2019.99.0198.jpg	Right side view of a Corinthian scale aryballos with it's handwritten description.
2019.99.0199.jpg	Right side view of a Corinthian scale aryballos with it's handwritten description.
2019.99.0200.jpg	Right side view of a Corinthian scale aryballos with it's handwritten description.
2019.99.0201.jpg	Right side view of a Corinthian scale aryballos with it's handwritten description.