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Accession_Number

51.7.15

Shape

Ring aryballos

Shape_description

A small mouth, with flaring lip, on a short concave stem, is joined smoothly to a ring aryballos, rectangular in section, approximating a sharp-edged donut, with beveled edges on the inside. A short strap handle rises slightly from the rim and curves smoothly to adhere to the exterior surface of the aryballos. Ure 57: 'Rectangular in section, as is normal in Boeotia'; cf. P.N. Ure, Hesperia 15 (1946) 45-50. Small mouth and handle. Angular shape with side and edge flat

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Boeotian

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

7.5YR 7/4

Decoration

Reserved except for black glaze on the interior hollow and geometricising decoration: on one side, within two black bands, branches arranged in a radiate fashion; on the other side, within two black bands, radiate bands, some at various angles, intersecting; on the exterior 10 horizontal lines, each intersected by 7 short vertical bars.

Inscriptions

Condition

Complete and intact. The body is cracked on one side, around the central hollow. The surface is scratched and pitted, with worn decoration.

Technique/Style

Black-figure. There is a large blob of black glaze near the neck, opposite the handle.

Provenance

Period

High Archaic

Date

550

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2002.97.0352.jpg	Oblique view of a Boeotian geometricising ring aryballos, showing line design around edge.
2002.97.0353.jpg	Top view of a Boeotian geometricising ring aryballos, showing randomly positioned lines within a border of two concentric black lines.
2004.06.0013.jpg	Front view of a Boeotian geometricising ring aryballos, showing pattern of stiff branches.
2004.06.0014.jpg	Back view of a Boeotian geometricising ring aryballos, showing randomly positioned lines within a border of two concentric black lines.
2010.98.0086.jpg	Front view of a Boeotian, geometricising, ring aryballos.
2010.98.0087.jpg	Back view of a Boeotian, geometricising, ring aryballos.
2010.98.0088.jpg	Oblique view of a Boeotian, geometricising, ring aryballos.
2010.98.0234.jpg	Front view of a Boeotian ring aryballos.
2010.98.0235.jpg	Side view of a Boeotian ring aryballos, showing line design around the edge.
2010.98.0236.jpg	Side view of a Boeotian ring aryballos, showing line design around the edge.
2010.98.0237.jpg	Back view of a Boeotian ring aryballos, showing line design around the edge.