• m10-cor-69-10
    Cor 69 is on left; two joined body fragments. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

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).
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Author
JS