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Accession_Number

REDMG:1926.99.52

Shape

Alabastron

Shape_description

Broad projecting rim with flat upper surface, overhanging lip, and concave underside curving into a short narrow neck that broadens to an ovaloid body with rounded base; small round vertical handle is tucked in under the overhanging lip.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Corinthian

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

10YR 7/3

Decoration

Daisy pattern on upper surface of rim; vertical bars on lip; crouching sphinx, profile to the left, on the body, with her feet curled down to the base, which is decorated with a 8 'pointed' star, surrounded by four 8-quadrant rosettes (five similar rosettes also in the field). Added colour (red) on the chest, wing, and underside of body. Incisions on figure and rosettes.

Inscriptions

Condition

Surface stained dark, perhaps with modern glaze. Some decoration worn and scratched off; alabastron cracked and repaired at the back end of the sphinx.

Technique/Style

Provenance

Period

Archaic

Date

6 c.

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2004.99.0901.jpg	Front view of a Corinthian Alabastron, showing the exterior daisy pattern and the head of a crouching sphinx.
2004.99.0902.jpg	Front view of a Corinthian Alabastron, showing the exterior daisy pattern and the head and front half of the body of a crouching sphinx.
2004.99.0903.jpg	Front view of a Corinthian Alabastron, showing the body of crouching sphinx.
2004.99.0904.jpg	Front view of a Corinthian Alabastron, showing the exterior daisy pattern.
2004.99.0905.jpg	Top view of the bottom of a Corinthian Alabaston, showing an eight pointed star.
2004.99.0906.jpg	Top view of the bottom of a Corinthian Alabaston, showing an eight pointed star.
2004.99.0907.jpg	Top view of the top of a Corinthian Alabaston, showing the vertical bars on the lip.
2004.99.0908.jpg	Front view of part of a Corinthian Alabastron, showing the head and front half of the body of a crouching sphinx.
2004.99.0909.jpg	Front view of part of a Corinthian Alabastron, showing the head and front half of the body of a crouching sphinx.