Ure Museum | Database

cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/26.12.3

Accession_Number

26.12.3

Shape

Alabastron; bombylios

Shape_description

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Corinthian

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

10YR 8/4

Decoration

Handle with hole for suspension. On top of mouth are three concentric circles. On side is a band. Neck has daisy petal pattern. Body: bands above and below the main design of a man attacking a lion. At back large black circle with black centre. In field rosettes with incisions intersecting at centre and dots. Added red for decoration. Many bands on base.

Inscriptions

Condition

Small hole in body has perhaps been filled to repair. Much wear on paint although lion remain clear.

Technique/Style

Late Protocorinthian

Provenance

Probably Boeotia

Period

Early Archaic

Date

650-625

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

	Front view of a Late Protocorinthian alabastron, decorated with a man attacking a lion.
	Back view of a Late Protocorinthian alabastron, decorated with a man attacking a lion.
2003.03.0008.jpg	Front view of three Corinthian alabastra (from left to right: 26.12.3, 27.4.10, and 25.8.4).
2003.03.0091.jpg	Oblique view, from slightly above, of a Late Protocorinthian alabastron, decorated with a man attacking a lion.
2003.03.0095.jpg	Oblique view, from slightly above, of a Late Protocorinthian alabastron, decorated with a man attacking a lion.
2003.97.0259.jpg	Top view of a Late Protocorinthian alabastron, showing the mouth and some design on the body.
2003.97.0260.jpg	Front view of a Late Protocorinthian alabastron, decorated with a man attacking a lion.
2003.97.0261.jpg	Back view of a Late Protocorinthian alabastron, decorated with a man attacking a lion.