Aryballos

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Inventory number

ΝΑ 1957 Αα 2111

Artist

Corinthian workshop

Category

Vessel

Period

Archaic Period

Date

610-580 BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.06 m
Rim diameter: 0.041 m

Material

Clay

Location

Gallery of the Acropolis Slopes, Case 6, No 36

Description
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Aryballos belonging to the Warrior Group, decorated in the black-figure technique. It was found intact in 1957 at the Sanctuary of the Nymphe.

The aryballos has a spherical body, low neck, flat rim with an overhang and a strap handle from shoulder to rim. On the body four warriors are depicted. They all wear helmet and hold spears and shields as they move to the right. In between each figure there are two rosettes rendered with dots, while the vessel’s shoulder is decorated with tongue motifs, and the rim and rounded bottom with bands.

Παντερμαλής, Δ., Ελευθεράτου, Σ., Βλασσοπούλου, Χ., Μουσείο Ακρόπολης. Οδηγός, Αθήνα, 2016, σελ. 58-59, εικ. 54