Aryballos
73-25-20
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 73-25-20 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Corinthian |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Corinth |
| Period | Late Corinthian I |
| Date Made | 590-550 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Iconography | Warriors |
| Description | Round aryballos. Buff clay (and self-slip?). Reserved ground. Wheel-painted lines encircle bottom and lower wall: 1 line; interval; 2 lines; interval; broad band; interval; 3 lines. Wall: 3 soldiers advancing to the right, each carrying a spear; simple but practiced incisions indicating helmet, face and center of shield. Shoulder: tongue pattern radiating from base of neck, within 3 wheel-painted lines. Edge of lip: wheel-painted line. Top of lip encircled by wheel-painted lines & bands: from center, 2 lines; band; interval; 2 lines. Base of handle: horizontal line. |
| Height | 5.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 5.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Robert H. Bates, 1973 |
| Other Number | L-224-30 - Old Loan Number |
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