aryballos

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Object Type
Description: Body sherd of Corinthian black-figured pottery globular aryballos; exterior: black-figure decoration consisting of uncertain motif, possibly thie wing and tail of a sphinx.
Cultures/periods: Middle Corinthian (?); Archaic Greek
Production date: 595BC-570BC (circa)
Production place: Made in: Corinth
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Naukratis
Materials
Ware
Technique: painted; incised
Dimensions: Height: 4 centimetres; Thickness: 0.40 centimetres; Width: 4 centimetres
Curator's comments: As noted by Venit (1988, p. 62, no. 221), the sherd is difficult to date. Möller suggests that it may date to the Middle Corinthian period but does not explain why.
Bibliographic references: Venit 1988 / Greek Painted Pottery from Naukratis in Egyptian Museums (p. 62, pl. 50, no. 221); Möller 2000 / Naukratis, Trade in Archaic Greece (p. 221); Villing et al 2013-2015 / Naukratis: Greeks in Egypt (GB.294) (phase 3)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Department: External
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: 16877 (Accession Number)

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