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Accession_Number 11.10.4
Shape Aryballos
Shape_description Ball
Material Terracotta
Fabric Corinthian
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 2.5YR 7/2
Decoration Wide mouth with flat rim with one band followed by two thin bands. Single handle with one horizontal bar. On the shoulder is a thin daisy pattern. Body has eight bands, the fifth from top is broad. On bottom are two small circles.
Inscriptions
Condition Large chip to mouth rim. Paint worn especially on base.
Technique/Style
Provenance From Rhitsona, Boeotia
Period Middle Corinthian / Late Corinthian
Date 600-550
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2003.03.0090.jpg
Side view of aryballos, showing handle, neck, and striped decoration.
Comparanda
Bibliography CVA Reading 1, pl. 3.16
Archive_Ref reference 1
Beazley_DB
Height 7.4
Diameters 7.6
Handle_height 2.5
Other_dims. Mouth diameter 4.6
Location Excavation shed top 3
Edited_by Denise; Karen; Kinsey; Jayne
Date_edited 16.08.2002; 31.03.2004; 18.01.2006; 03.08.2022
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