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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

2003.04.0001.jpg		Side views of two Corinthian ball aryballoi (left, 34.10.2, and right, 26.6.11), from the back, showing decoration beneath strap handles.

2003.04.0082.jpg		Aryballos, side view. Shows cinquefoil decoration.

2003.04.0086.jpg		Aryballos, side view. Shows cinquefoil decoration.

2005.05.0047.jpg		Front view of a Corinthian aryballos, showing the cinquefoil decoration.
Comparanda
Bibliography CVA Reading 1, pl. 4.13
Archive_Ref reference 1reference 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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