Ure Museum | Database

cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/34.8.9

Accession_Number

34.8.9

Shape

Aryballos

Shape_description

Round ('ball aryballos')

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Corinthian

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

10YR 8/4

Decoration

Quatrefoil with side hatching and central zigzag. Below, three petals below zigzag. Six-pointed star on back (very faint). On top of mouth four bands, the second from edge is broader. Dark brown patterning and yellow-buff clay.

Inscriptions

Condition

Slightly chipped around rim, especially one large part missing from the upper edge; decoration worn and scratched in places; some light gray deposits on the inside and by the handle attachment; slight white deposits on the bottom.

Technique/Style

Late Corinthian I

Provenance

Period

Early Archaic

Date

575-550

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2003.05.0093.jpg	Front view of an inverted Corinthian ball aryballos, decorated with quatrefoil design.
2003.05.0099.jpg	Front view of a Corinthian ball aryballos, decorated with quatrefoil design.
2003.97.0003.jpg	Right side view of a Corinthian ball aryballos.
2003.97.0004.jpg	Left side view of a Corinthian ball aryballos.
2003.97.0005.jpg	Top view of a Corinthian aryballos, showing the lip.
2003.97.0006.jpg	Bottom view of a Corinthian aryballos, showing the underside.
2004.95.0104.jpg	Front view of a Corinthian aryballos, showing the quatrefoil decoration.
2004.95.0105.jpg	Front view of a Corinthian aryballos, showing the chip in the rim.
2004.95.0106.jpg	Front view of a Corinthian aryballos, showing the handle.
2004.95.0107.jpg	Front view of a Corinthian aryballos, showing the side profile.
2004.95.0108.jpg	Top view of the top of a Corinthian aryballos, showing the four bands on the mouth.
2004.95.0109.jpg	Top view of the bottom of a Corinthian aryballos, showing base.
2005.05.0039.jpg	Front view of a Corinthian aryballos, showing the quatrefoil decoration.