Bottle

Narrow-necked jar/bottle (aríbalo, aryballos) with an ovate body, hyperboloid neck, flared rim with lugs, 2 strap handles on the body, and a conical (aribaloid) base. The vessel is painted with geometric designs in red, white, and black. The neck is painted red and the front of the body is painted with horizontal bands of straight red lines and white meander lines. There is a protrusion on the front of the body with an incised U shape possibly representing an animal head. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange in color. Fireclouding is present on the body. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "2196."