Ure Museum | Database

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Accession_Number

49.8.11

Shape

Aryballos

Shape_description

Ball aryballos. Wide concave rim, thin strap handle projecting from the rim and connecting it to the shoulder. Round body, slightly concave underside of the base.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Corinthian

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

10YR 7/4

Decoration

On mouth three concentric black bands; dots on edge. Zigzag pattern on handle. On the shoulder, black tongues. The figure decorated body zone is framed by three thin horizontal parallel black bands. On the body two confronted lions, between which an incized rosette. Dots and irregularly drawn rosettes on the background. Two concentric circles on the underside of the base.

Inscriptions

Condition

Intact. Small chip on rim and on the body. At parts the black paint is fired reddish. Paint faded on the top of the rim, underside of the base and on some rosettes and on one of the lions.

Technique/Style

Middle Corinthian

Provenance

Period

High Archaic

Date

575

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

	Right side view of a Corinthian ball aryballos, showing a lion.
	Left side view of a Corinthian ball aryballos, showing a lion.
2003.57.0007.jpg	Front view of a Middle Corinthian ball aryballos, showing a rosette between two confronting lions.
2003.97.0011.jpg	3/4-right side view of a Corinthian ball aryballos, showing a lion.
2003.97.0012.jpg	Left side view of a Corinthian ball aryballos, showing a lion.
2003.97.0013.jpg	Top view of a Corinthian ball aryballos, showing the lip.
2003.97.0014.jpg	Bottom view of a Corinthian ball aryballos, showing concentric circles on the base.