One-Third of a Corinthian Transitional Round Aryballos
Monograph 10: The Corinthian, Attic, and Lakonian Pottery from Sardis
(1997)
Cat. Cor 58
- Date
- Ca. 630-615 BC, Lydian
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- P96.020
- Material
- Ceramic
- Object Type
- Pottery
- Pottery Shape
- Round Aryballos
- Pottery Ware
- Corinthian Transitional
- Pottery Attribution
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- HoB
- Trench
- HoB
- B-Grid Coordinates
- W15 - W20 / S110 - S115 to *98.8
- Findspot
- found in 1968
- Description
One-third of a round aryballos, preserved from the neck to the base. Narrow neck opening. Short, pear-shaped tongues on the shoulder near the broad handle stub. On the body is the end of a bird's wing with added red on the wing band. The feathers are firmly incised and rounded, like petals. Glaze: worn, black and shiny. Clay: fine, hard, and smooth. Yellowish buff with a slightly orange hue. Munsell no. between 10 YR 7/4 (very pale brown) and 7.5 YR 7/4 (pink).
The shape of the aryballos and the small tongues on the shoulder suggest a date in TR.
- Dimensions
- P.H. 0.049; diam. 0.06
- Comments
- Cf. Pottier, Louvre pl. 16, no. 462, from Rhodes, dated TR.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- JS