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Overview of body sherd with head of a lion. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Fragment of a Corinthian Transitional Vessel of Uncertain Shape
Monograph 10: The Corinthian, Attic, and Lakonian Pottery from Sardis
(1997)
Cat. Cor 63
- Date
- Ca. 630-615, Lydian
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- P96.024
- Material
- Ceramic
- Object Type
- Pottery
- Pottery Shape
- Uncertain
- Pottery Ware
- Corinthian Transitional
- Pottery Attribution
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- HoB
- Trench
- HoB
- B-Grid Coordinates
- W29 - W35 / S115 - S120 *100.3 - 99.9
- Findspot
- found in 1964
- Description
- Wall fragment. The head of a lion facing to right with an open mouth. There are two teeth in the upper jaw and one in the lower. The tongue protrudes between the teeth. The mouth is framed by two lines, one curving from the top of the nose to under the chin, the other starting above the upper teeth, defining the jaw and turning back below the lower tooth. A single line separates the forehead from the ear, ending with a curve that crosses into the area of the mouth. The eye is shaped like a fig with a circle for the pupil. The nose is marked by a curl. A portion of the shoulder is also visible, enriched with added red. The incisions are fine and sure. Clay: fine and hard with one large air pocket. Munsell no. 10 YR 7/4 (very pale brown).
- Dimensions
- P.H. 0.052; P.W. 0.052; Th. 0.004
- Comments
- Cf. Payne, NC pl. 11:3 (olpe), dated LPC--TR. Amyx, CorVP pl. 8:1b, Aegina K253 (the Aegina Bellerophon Painter); pl. 25, no. 2, no. 760. Corinth XV:3, pl. 16, no. 307 (kotyle), dated late TR. For the type, see Vallet and Villard, “MégHyb”2, pl. 35:1 and 2, and B6 (olpe 1/1024), dated TR. Benson, “Notes” 221, figs. 4--6 (sack alabastron).
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- JS