Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1940 260 | |
Title: | EARLY CORINTHIAN ALABASTRON | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1940 | |
Object Number: | 260 | |
Description: | Aryballos with rounded bottom with small central depression, ovoid body with max. diam. below median, tapering to base of rim, horizontal outturned rim, small vertical handle attached to top of body and underside of rim. | |
Decoration: | Rim: rosette of red, black tongues on top; dots on edge. Shoulder: black tongues; animal frieze, with 2 lines above and below field: griffin and panther follow each other. Panther on the handle side where glaze largely worn away. Thick filling ornament: solid incised rosettes of varying sizes. Amyx: by Red Dot Painter. | |
Material: | Fine gray-buff clay. | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Numerous joining frgts., preserving almost complete vessel. RIP. | |
Manufacture: | C18 WM | |
Dimensions Actual: | H00.17 D00.093 (max) | |
Period: | Early Corinthian (620/615-595/590) | |
Chronology: | Early Corinthian (610-590?) | |
Area: | New Museum east | |
Context: | NB187 P257 | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Bibliography: | Weinberg, Hesperia 1948 P218 D14 Pl.79; Amyx, CVP P86 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Amyx, Corinthian Vase-Painting of the ... 1988 Publication: Weinberg, Hesperia 17:3, 1948 Monument: New Museum east Images (15) Basket: NB187 P257 |