Late Corinthian Warrior Aryballos Fragments
- Date
- Ca. 570-550 BC, Lydian
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- P62.127A
- Material
- Ceramic
- Object Type
- Pottery
- Pottery Shape
- Aryballos
- Pottery Ware
- Late Corinthian
- Pottery Attribution
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- HoB
- Trench
- HoB
- Locus
- HoB Lydian I - Building A
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E0 - E5 / S100 - S105 *99
- Findspot
- inside Building A
- Description
Two small fragments, joined. Preserved from the lower shoulder to mid-body. Tongues on the shoulder (portions of six remain), followed by two horizontal lines of glaze. A single warrior facing to right in the belly frieze is preserved from his cap-shaped helmet to the top of his shield. He has a round incised eye and a long straight nose. The shield has a narrow rim with three vertical incisions decorating the central portion. There are no fillers preserved in the field. Glaze: almost entirely lost; what remains is black and glossy. Clay: hard, smooth, and burned on one side (Munsell no. 2.5 YR 7/2, light gray); otherwise buff in hue (Munsell no. 10 YR 7/3, very pale brown).
This clearly rendered face should be compared with the type that is obscured by a large helmet, Cor 142.
Another small wall fragment from a warrior aryballos showing part of a shield (uninv. HoB 27/vi/65) was found at HoB W 7.00--9.00/S 94.00--100.00 *99.30--*98.90. Munsell no. between 2.5 Y 7/2 (light gray) and 10 YR 8/4 (very pale brown). The shield is decorated with two concentric circles in the center. Another incised circle defines the narrow rim. Date: early in LC.
- Dimensions
- P.H. 0.035; P.W. 0.035; Th. 0.003
- Comments
- Cf. for the shield, CVA Denmark 2, Copenhagen NM 2, III.C., pl. 87, no. 12 (inv. no. 4850) from the Athenian acropolis; Palmer in Corinth XIII, 113, pl. 21, no. 14 from grave 147, also shows features of the face. Dated MC.
- See Also
- See also: R8, No. HoB 586
- Bibliography
- Author
- JS