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Accession_Number REDMG:1964.1667.1
Shape Ovoid aryballos
Shape_description Ovoid, slightly baggy body; raised base with concave underside.
Material Terracotta
Fabric Campanian or Sicilian
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 5YR 5/6
Decoration Black glazed except for the lowest part of the body and the base.
Inscriptions
Condition Mouth, neck, and handle missing (but show signs of previous reattachment); scratches on body; deposits on base.
Technique/Style Black glaze
Provenance Said to be found at Corinth
Period Late Classical / Early Hellenistic
Date 350-300
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Body of a black-glazed ovoid aryballos.

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Front view of a black-glazed ovoid aryballos.

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Front view of a black-glazed ovoid aryballos, showing where the handle would have been attached.

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Front view of a black-glazed ovoid aryballos.

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Front view of a black-glazed ovoid aryballos.

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Front view of the bottom of a black-glazed ovoid aryballos.
Comparanda Cf. Lipari 2, pl. CXXXIX.3a (from tomb 136): banded example in a tomb dated to 'stile Gnathia'
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Beazley_DB
Height 9.9
Diameters Neck (pres.) 2.9, body 8.2, base 5.5
Handle_height
Other_dims.
Location 1.2.1
Edited_by Denise; Amy; Jayne
Date_edited 13.08.2002; 11.07.2004; 25.01.2023
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