Name:	Early Corinthian Globular Aryballos
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Description:	H. 6cm, max. diam. 6.3cm. A little less than half the wide lip has been broken away and there are one or two chips on the part that survives. Otherwise the condition of the vessel is good. Some accretion on shoulder. Fine grey buff clay. Surface appears more yellow in places -- burnished. There are brown-black rays, about 1cm long, on the lip, surrounding the narrow mouth and a vertical black band at each edge of the wide strap handle. There appear to be five small brown dots on one side of the neck and a small irregular patch of brown paint on the other. These seem to be partially obscured by some grey accretion. Presumably there was originally a brown band extending at least part way around the shoulder at the base of the neck. The main decoration on the front of the body consists of two swans (?) heraldically placed facing one another, with their beaks almost touching. Their bodies are painted in the same brown/black paint as in the upper decorative elements but this is enhanced with r
Date:	c. 625-600 B.C.
Discussion:	This vessel clearly belongs to the 'lion group' of Early Corinthian round aryballoi. It has the characteristic spiral at the base, lines edging the handle and, apparently, a small pattern on the shoulder (see Necrocorinthia p. 289).