Aryballos
- Description
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This ancient Greek jar was used for storing oil. It is decorated with two water birds, a lion, flowers and lines.
It belonged to Lieutenant Colonel Montague who collected over 800 classical archaeological objects, which he bequeathed to the museum on his death. - Accession Loan No.
- 5/1946/639
- Collection Class
- Foreign archaeology
- Common Name
- aryballos
- Simple Name
- vessel
- Full Name
- aryballos, oil vessel
- Dimensions
- whole height 112 mm; whole diameter 75 mm
- Cultural Group
- Greek
- Period Classification
- Archaic - 1100-500 BC; Classical - 500-336 BC
- Production Date
- -500
- Production Town
- Corinth
- Production Country
- Greece
- Family Group
- Material
- pottery; terracotta; Black figure ware
- Function Name
- storage
- Collector / Excavator
- Montague, LAD, Lieutenant Colonel
- Collection Continent
- Europe
