Corinthian Transitional Aryballos Fragments
- Date
- Ca. 630-590 BC, Lydian
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- P65.094
- Material
- Ceramic
- Object Type
- Pottery
- Pottery Shape
- Aryballos
- Pottery Ware
- Corinthian Transitional
- Pottery Attribution
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- HoB
- Trench
- HoB
- B-Grid Coordinates
- ca. W20.00 - W28.00 / S107.00 - S110.00 ca. *98.80 - 98.00
- Findspot
- A: HoB W 15.00--20.00/S 110.00--115.00 to *98.70. B: HoB W 20.00--28.00/S 107.00--110.00 *98.80--*98.00
- Description
Late in TR or early in EC. Two body fragments, joined. Two thin lines of glaze are preserved at the top of fragment A, followed by a glazed band with an added line of red, then two additional thin lines of glaze. Below, on the shoulder, is a false checkerboard pattern composed of four lines of glaze with quick vertical dabs between. At the bottom of both A and B are two thin lines, followed by two bands of glaze, each with an added band of red. Glaze: dark brown to black, and glossy. Clay: fine, smooth, and hard. Beige. Munsell no. 10 YR 7/3 (very pale brown).
Very similar to Cor 70, which was found nearby. There is, however, a striking difference in color (black for Cor 69, orange for Cor 70) possibly caused by faulty firing, in which case both pieces may belong to one aryballos. Surely they are by the same hand. Several other TR pieces were found in the same area and level, as were fragments from various uninventoried bird bowls.
- Dimensions
- A: P.H. 0.027; P.W. 0.029; Th. 0.004. B: P.H. 0.02; P.W. 0.03; Th. 0.004--0.005
- Comments
- Cf. CVA Italy 18, Taranto 2, III.C., pl. 2, nos. 6, 8; CVA Germany 36, Tübingen 1, III.C., pl. 20, no. 7 (S./10 1276) (D. 1748).
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- JS