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    Overview of two joined fragments. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Late Corinthian Warrior Aryballos Fragments

Date
Ca. 570-550 BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P62.127A
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Aryballos
Pottery Ware
Late Corinthian
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian I - Building A
B-Grid Coordinates
E0 - E5 / S100 - S105 *99
Findspot
inside Building A
Description

Two small fragments, joined. Preserved from the lower shoulder to mid-body. Tongues on the shoulder (portions of six remain), followed by two horizontal lines of glaze. A single warrior facing to right in the belly frieze is preserved from his cap-shaped helmet to the top of his shield. He has a round incised eye and a long straight nose. The shield has a narrow rim with three vertical incisions decorating the central portion. There are no fillers preserved in the field. Glaze: almost entirely lost; what remains is black and glossy. Clay: hard, smooth, and burned on one side (Munsell no. 2.5 YR 7/2, light gray); otherwise buff in hue (Munsell no. 10 YR 7/3, very pale brown).

This clearly rendered face should be compared with the type that is obscured by a large helmet, Cor 142.

Another small wall fragment from a warrior aryballos showing part of a shield (uninv. HoB 27/vi/65) was found at HoB W 7.00--9.00/S 94.00--100.00 *99.30--*98.90. Munsell no. between 2.5 Y 7/2 (light gray) and 10 YR 8/4 (very pale brown). The shield is decorated with two concentric circles in the center. Another incised circle defines the narrow rim. Date: early in LC.

Dimensions
P.H. 0.035; P.W. 0.035; Th. 0.003
Comments
Cf. for the shield, CVA Denmark 2, Copenhagen NM 2, III.C., pl. 87, no. 12 (inv. no. 4850) from the Athenian acropolis; Palmer in Corinth XIII, 113, pl. 21, no. 14 from grave 147, also shows features of the face. Dated MC.
See Also
See also: R8, No. HoB 586
Bibliography
Author
JS