Alabastron

68-36-19

Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery

From: Italy | Etruria | Vulci

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 68-36-19
Current Location Greece Gallery - On Display
Culture Etruscan
Provenience Italy | Etruria | Vulci
Manufacture Location Corinth
Locus Osteria
Period Early Archaic Greek Period
Date Made 620-595 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Iconography Lion | Boar | Rosette
Description

Alabastron. Mended and plastered. Most of black painted dec. worn off, only a few chips of glaze remain. Slightly flattened at base; in center, circular depression with central raised dot. Drop ovoid body; very narrow mouth; wide thick rim. One small band handle with hole left for suspension. From incision and remaining glaze dec. is determinable: around base, rosette. On body, large lion and large boar with incised rosettes in ground. Tongue pattern around neck; radiating strokes on top of rim; dots on side of rim. Fine clay, fairly thick fabric. Fired yellow-buff.

Height 10.9 cm
Depth 5.7 cm
Outside Diameter 3.4 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Hercle Excavation Company; funded in Memory of Hugh Kirkwood Duffield, 1968

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