Ure Museum | Database

cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/REDMG:1942.5.6.1

Accession_Number

REDMG:1942.5.6.1

Shape

Ball aryballos

Shape_description

Broad projecting rim with flat upper surface, overhanging lip, and concave underside curving into a short narrow neck that broadens to a globular body with rounded base; flat strap handle falls directly from the rim to the middle of the shoulder.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Corinthian

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

10YR 7/3

Decoration

Five bands around mouth, some broader than others; one broad band encircles the exterior of the rim; short tongues emerge from the neck, over the shoulder. Body: quatrefoil pattern at front; four-pointed star at back.

Inscriptions

Condition

Rim chipped above and below; surface worn and decoration eroded at front.

Technique/Style

Late Corinthian I

Provenance

Found in Boeotia

Period

High Archaic

Date

575-550

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

	Front view of an inverted Corinthian ball aryballos showing the body and base with quatrefoil design.
2003.97.0029.jpg	Right side view of a Corinthian ball aryballos.
2003.97.0030.jpg	3/4-left side view of a Corinthian ball aryballos, showing quatrefoil design on the body.
2003.97.0031.jpg	Top view of a Corinthian ball aryballos, showing the mouth.
2003.97.0032.jpg	Bottom view of a Corinthian ball aryballos, showing the rounded base and some of the quatrefoil design.
2004.99.0332.jpg	Front view of a Corinthian ball ayrballos, showing some of the quatrefoil design on the body.
2004.99.0333.jpg	Front view of the back of a Corinthian ball aryballow, showing the four pointed star decoration.
2004.99.0334.jpg	Front view of a Corinthian ball ayrballos, showing the some of the quatrefoil design on the body.
2004.99.0335.jpg	Front view of a Corinthian ball ayrballos, showing some of the quatrefoil design on the body.
2004.99.0336.jpg	Front view of an inverted Corinthian ball aryballos showing the body and base with quatrefoil design.
2004.99.0337.jpg	Top view of the bottom of a Corinthian ball aryballos, showing the rounded base and dome of the quatrefoil design.
2004.99.0338.jpg	Top view of the top of a Corinthian ball aryballos, showing the five bands decoration around the mouth.