Fragment of an Early Corinthian Football (Gourd) Aryballos
- Date
- Ca. 620-590 BC, Lydian
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- P67.140
- Material
- Ceramic
- Object Type
- Pottery
- Pottery Shape
- Football (Gourd) Aryballos
- Pottery Ware
- Early Corinthian
- Pottery Attribution
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- PN
- Trench
- PN
- B-Grid Coordinates
- W267 - W272 / S327 - S329 ca. *86.4
- Description
Probably EC. Wall fragment. On the shoulder are two bands of black glaze; on the body, solid black glaze with a series of parallel incisions. The lines are straight but unevenly spaced. The ends of the vertical incisions cross up into the shoulder. Traces of added red appear on the second section from the right; traces of yellow on the second section from the left. Glaze: black, semi-glossy, and worn in places. Clay: hard, smooth, and fine. Fired to different colors on the exterior and interior, giving the appearance of two layers of clay: exterior, yellow-buff (Munsell no. 10 YR 8/4, very pale brown); interior, orange-buff (7.5 YR 7/4, pink).
Another aryballos fragment (P89.51:9691) with similar incisions, but with the glaze lost, was found at MMS/S-B E 109.20--111.00/S 137.00--138.00 *110.35 (AASOR 51 [1993] 23, where it is listed as a "Late [?] Corinthian aryballos of 'subgeometric style'").
- Dimensions
- P.H. 0.038; P.W. 0.034; Th. 0.004
- Comments
- Cf. Ephesos XII:1, 38, K121 (with lit.) and K122, dated EC. Supra, "Clay," 17 and n. 107.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Published: BASOR 191 (1968) 13, where it is misidentified as P67.140.7878.
- Author
- JS