One-Third of a Late Corinthian Warrior Aryballos

Date
Ca. 570-550 BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P63.263
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Aryballos
Pottery Ware
Late Corinthian
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
B-Grid Coordinates
W10 - W12 / S108 - S111 *100 - 99.60
Description
Early in LC. One-third of a round aryballos preserved from neck to base. Five tongues remain on the shoulder. Two shields with incised decoration and a single rosette with a simple crossed incision remain in the belly frieze. Glaze: very worn, but black, crackled, and shiny where preserved. Clay: powdery and fairly smooth. Pinkish buff. Munsell no. between 7.5 YR 7/4 (pink) and 10 YR 7/3 (very pale brown).
Dimensions
P.H. 0.043; diam. 0.055; Th. 0.005
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Published: listed in BASOR 174 (1964) 13.
Author
JS