Aryballos

L-64-489

Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number L-64-489
Current Location Greece Gallery - On Display
Culture Corinthian
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Corinth
Period Middle Corinthian Period
Date Made 595-570 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Iconography Hoplites | Warfare | Warrior
Description

Round aryballos. Buff ware decorated in black: bands around top of rim, dots around edge of rim, tongue pattern on shoulder. Frieze: three hoplites with spear; helmeted heads overlap frieze border lines. Frieze demarcated by two bands above and below. Double encircled dot on bottom. Handle has three horizontal bars and traces of a fourth; line on sides of handle.

Height 6.2 cm
Outside Diameter 5.9 cm
Other Number 04-400 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number

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