perirrhanterion
- Description
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Fragment of lower part of pendant rim of Corinthian pottery perirrhanterion; tapering downwards and with a series of mouldings on the outside; reserved on inside, painted alternately red and black on outside, with reserved central fascia.
- Production date
- 5th century BC (probably)
- Dimensions
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Height: 4 centimetres
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Thickness: 2.50 centimetres
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Width: 4.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Object owned and held by the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. This record is included in the British Museum database as part of the Museum’s Naukratis Project, a research collaboration that aims to virtually re-unite finds from the ancient port city of Naukratis, now distributed over 80 museums worldwide.
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The perirrhanterion is a special type of louterion (water-basin) used for ritual washing in sanctuaries (Pimpl 1997; Krauskopf 2005; cf. also Ginouvès 1962, 77-103; Kurtz and Boardman 1971, 151). Excavations at Naukratis yielded a number of specimens in both stone (marble, bearing votive inscriptions to Apollo) and in ceramic, the latter of Corinthian manufacture. Corinth was a major producer of ceramic basins throughout the Archaic and Classical periods and its products were widely exported (Iozzo 1987, 1985 [1989]).
Ginouvès, R. 1962, Balaneutikè : recherches sur le bain dans l'antiquité grecque, Paris.
Iozzo, M. 1987, 'Corinthian basins on high stands', Hesperia 56, 355-416.
Iozzo, M. 1985 [1989], 'Bacini corinzi su alto piede', Annuario della Scuola Archeologica di Atene N.S. 68, 7-61.
Krauskopf, I. 2005, s.v. ‘Perirrhanterion/Louterion’, in Thesaurus Cultus et Rituum Antiquorum (ThesCRA) V. Personnel of Cult – Cult Instruments, Los Angeles, 178–83.
Pimpl, H. 1997, Perirrhanteria und Louteria. Entwicklung und Verwendung großer Marmor- und Kalksteinbecken auf figürlichem und säulenartigen Untersatz in Griechenland, Berlin.
Kurtz, D.C. and Boardman, J. 1971, Greek Burial Customs, London.
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From the same basin as G.1017a, and probably Oxford, Ashmolean Museum E.4682.
- Location
- Not on display
- Department
- External
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: AN1896-1908-G.1017b (Accession Number)
