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Aryballos.
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Broad disc mouth, sloping inwards towards opening, deep concave profile; short, narrow neck; flattened shoulder; broad ribbon handle from lip to shoulder; globular body; rounded base with flattened bottom. Hard, buff clay; semilustrous, buff slip; semilustrous, black to reddish-brown and added red paint. On rim top, broad band encircling mouth and narrow band near outer edge; band around rim edge, continuing across handle; dots on shoulder; body, opposite handle and bottom: cinquefoil ornament with inscribed wheel in the centre, three of the leaves filled in, unfilled leaves have double outline, two large blobs on one of these; large cross on body beneath handle.
The Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities
Title: Aryballos.
Description:
Broad disc mouth, sloping inwards towards opening, deep concave profile; short, narrow neck; flattened shoulder; broad ribbon handle from lip to shoulder; globular body; rounded base with flattened bottom.
Hard, buff clay; semilustrous, buff slip; semilustrous, black to reddish-brown and added red paint.
On rim top, broad band encircling mouth and narrow band near outer edge; band around rim edge, continuing across handle; dots on shoulder; body, opposite handle and bottom: cinquefoil ornament with inscribed wheel in the centre, three of the leaves filled in, unfilled leaves have double outline, two large blobs on one of these; large cross on body beneath handle.
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