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Accession_Number 34.10.2
Shape Aryballos
Shape_description Round ('ball aryballos'). Wide flat rim to mouth with thin neck. Single handle.
Material Terracotta
Fabric Corinthian
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 10YR 7/2
Decoration On rim, one broad then three narrow bands and one band inside opening. Single band on lower part of rim, above handle. Main design is a cinquefoil, with each leaf joined by a stalk to circumference of central four-spoke wheel. At back below handle is a six-spoke wheel. Three-line spiral incised around body. Rest reserved.
Inscriptions
Condition Wheel pattern is worn badly as has lower part of cinquefoil. Intact. Small chips to underside of mouth rim.
Technique/Style
Provenance
Period Late Corinthian II
Date 550
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Side views of two Corinthian ball aryballoi (left, 34.10.2, and right, 26.6.11), from the back, showing decoration beneath strap handles.

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Aryballos, side view. Shows cinquefoil decoration.

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Aryballos, side view. Shows cinquefoil decoration.

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Front view of a Corinthian aryballos, showing the cinquefoil decoration.
Comparanda
Bibliography CVA Reading 1, pl. 4.13
Archive_Ref reference 1
reference 2
Beazley_DB
Height 7.4
Diameters 7.7
Handle_height 2.5
Other_dims. Mouth diameter 5.0
Location History grave
Edited_by Denise; Karen; Kinsey
Date_edited 16.08.2002; 31.03.2004; 18.01.2006
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