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Accession_Number 27.3.5
Shape Aryballos
Shape_description Ovoid. Referred to as lekythos in CVA.
Material Terracotta
Fabric Corinthian
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration Decoration faded brick-red. On lip five concentric circles, on handle is a vertical zigzag between two thin lines. On shoulder are two dogs running to the right. On body are a group of four lines, between two bands, then six lines, below which are four bands. The base is reserved and concave with a small central protrusion.
Inscriptions
Condition Part of mouth restored, foot chipped.
Technique/Style Late Protocorinthian
Provenance Presumably from Cumae
Period Subgeometric
Date 625
Dating_details
Artist Sellada Type
Attribution Attributed by Neeft (1987, 148 and n. 512)
Image

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Side view of aryballos, showing neck and handle. Striped decoration.

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Right side view of a Corinthian ovoid aryballos, showing banded design on the body.

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Left side view of an up-side-down Corinthian ovoid aryballos, showing banded design on the body.

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Bottom view of a Corinthian ovoid aryballos, showing the base.

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Top view of a Corinthian ovoid aryballos, showing the lip and part of the body.
Comparanda
Bibliography CVA Reading 1, pl. 3.6; Neeft 1987, 148, no. 2040
Archive_Ref reference 1
reference 2
Beazley_DB
Height 7.1
Diameters Rim 2.8, body 3.5
Handle_height 2.2
Other_dims.
Location 7.2.2
Edited_by Denise; Karen; Joana Varela
Date_edited 23.07.2002; 31.03.2004; 19.04.2017
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