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    HoB 494: Imitation Protocorinthian aryballos. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Imitation Protocorinthian aryballos

Date
Ca. 690–630 BC., Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P65.174
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Aryballos
Pottery Ware
Corinthianizing
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian II - Bothros East of Building G
B-Grid Coordinates
W29 - W31 / S114 - S115 *98.2 - 97.2
Findspot
W29-31 / S114-115 *98.2-97.2 ⁓ South Side
Description

Imitation of Protocorinthian ovoid aryballos. Lower body and base fragment. Ring base. Red to black on a well-burnished clay surface. Exterior, three horizontal parallel lines; a row of rays rising from a horizontal line below; single horizontal line and another on base; two horizontal lines encircling underside of base.

Sardis M10, cat. Cor 146 (imported, but not Corinthian; perhaps East Greek); corresponding to MPC–LPC (690–630 B.C.).

Dimensions
H. 0.25, Diam. of base 0.015, Th. 0.002.
Comments
See Also
See also: M10 Cat. Cor 146.
Bibliography
Sardis M10, cat. Cor 146.
Author
GGD