Ure Museum | Database

cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/26.12.5

Accession_Number

26.12.5

Shape

Aryballos

Shape_description

Flat-bottomed

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Corinthian

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

10YR 8/4

Decoration

On top of mouth, very broad band between two thin ones and a band on the side. Shoulder design is radiating lines with a band below, double row of dots, another band. Body: Lotus-palmette design (with traces of red/purple) flanked by two ducks whose tails overlap. Rosettes, one with double incised circle at centre, others with cross incisions in field. Below design are bands. Foot is black and base has three bands.

Inscriptions

Condition

Intact. Paint worn on mouth and shoulder.

Technique/Style

Late Corinthian I

Provenance

Period

High Archaic

Date

575-550

Dating_details

Artist

Torino Painter

Attribution

Amyx 243.20

Image

	Front view of a Corinthian flat-bottomed aryballos, showing lotus cross on the body.
	Left side view of a Corinthian flat-bottomed aryballos, showing a bird on the body.
	Right side view of a Corinthian flat-bottomed aryballos, showing lotus cross on the body.
2003.06.0010.jpg	3/4 view, from the back, of a Corinthian flat-bottomed aryballos, depicting a bird (duck?).
2003.06.0011.jpg	Oblique view, slightly from below, of a Corinthian flat-bottomed aryballos, showing side wall and base.
2003.97.0351.jpg	Front view of a Corinthian flat-bottomed aryballos, showing lotus cross on the body.
2003.97.0352.jpg	Back view of a Corinthian flat-bottomed aryballos, showing back of handle.
2003.97.0353.jpg	Top view of a Corinthian flat-bottomed aryballos, looking into mouth and showing wide lip.
2003.97.0354.jpg	Bottom view of a Corinthian flat-bottomed aryballos, showing black concentric bands on the base.