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cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/REDMG:1935.87.19

Accession_Number

REDMG:1935.87.19

Shape

Aryballos

Shape_description

Round ('ball aryballos')

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Corinthian

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

10YR 8/2

Decoration

Traces of four (?) bands on mouth and three lines on handle. Tongues on shoulder with two bands below. Main design (starting from below handle going left to right) a human (?) figure on a horse facing right, a lion biting the foot of a warrior who is defending himself with shield, a large creature (possibly a panther), and a man. These pictures are all incised. Dots and rosettes incised with asterisks in field. Five bands around base.

Inscriptions

Condition

Intact but with a couple of small chips on the body. Decoration very worn around mouth; images remain reasonably clear despite erosion of colouring.

Technique/Style

Provenance

Period

Middle Corinthian

Date

600-575

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

	View of a Corinthian ball aryballos from the rear.
2003.04.0007.jpg	Side view of two Corinthian ball aryballoi (26.8.2 at left and RM.87.35.19 at right).
2003.04.0097.jpg	Aryballos, side view. Under handle, stationary horseman; then what is likely a small lion standing behind warrior to right.
2003.04.0099.jpg	Aryballos, side view. A warrior with a shield on his extended left arm, attacking a lion. Beyond the lion, man walking to the right.
2003.57.0005.jpg	Two Corinthian round ball aryballos.
2003.57.0094.jpg	A Corinthian round ball aryballos.
2003.57.0095.jpg	A Corinthian round ball aryballos.
2003.93.0180.jpg	Right side view of a Corinthian ball aryballos.
2003.97.0077.jpg	View of Corinthian ball aryballos, slightly from the right.
2003.97.0078.jpg	View of Corinthian ball aryballos from the left side.
2003.97.0079.jpg	Top view of a Corinthian ball aryballos, showing mouth.
2003.97.0080.jpg	Base of a Corinthian ball aryballos, showing a concentric ring pattern.
2004.13.0011.jpg	Front view (side A) of an Apulian red-figure column krater, showing a warrior with a shield and two spears and two prisoners with bound hands.