Ure Museum | Database

cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/37.7.2

Accession_Number

37.7.2

Shape

Aryballos

Shape_description

Flat-bottomed

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Corinthian

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

10YR 7/2

Decoration

On mouth three bands, middle one broad; on handle horizontal bands at top and bottom. Daisy petal pattern on shoulder. with three brown bands beneath. Bearded siren with outspread wings to left. In field dots and rough rosettes, one incised with parallel lines. Back left plain in the 'white style'. Bands around foot and two on base.

Inscriptions

Condition

Intact but base of handle coming away slightly from the shoulder. Good condition design of siren and clearly incised lines. Some areas of red on handle ande below, possibly where darker paint has worn away. Some chips to underside of the mouth.

Technique/Style

Late Corinthian I

Provenance

Period

High Archaic

Date

575-550

Dating_details

Artist

Painter of the Goateed Sirens

Attribution

Attributed by Szilagyi 1957 ('probably') and Amyx 141.4

Image

	Front view of a Corinthian flat-bottomed aryballos, showing bearded siren design on the body.
2003.05.0002.jpg	Front views of two Corinthian ball aryballoi (37.7.1 at left and 37.7.2 at right), showing decoration on sides.
2003.05.0085.jpg	Aryballos, side view showing flat bottom. Decoration dpicting a bearded siren with outstretched wing.
2003.05.0086.jpg	Aryballos, side view. Shows head, chest, and outstretched wing of bearded siren.
2003.97.0065.jpg	Front view of a Corinthian flat-bottomed aryballos, showing bearded siren design on the body.
2003.97.0066.jpg	Back view of a Corinthian flat-bottomed aryballos, showing part of the body with no pattern.
2003.97.0067.jpg	Top view of a Corinthian flat-bottomed aryballos, showing the lip.
2003.97.0068.jpg	Bottom view of a Corinthian flat-bottomed aryballos, showing the base.