MM 1994:003 :: aryballos

Object description: Broad disc mouth, sloping inwards; very short, narrow neck; broad ribbon handle from rim to shoulder; globular body; rounded base. Hard buff clay; semilustrous, buff slip; semilustrous, black to light brown and matt, purple paint. Lip disc: concentric lines, one of these with vertical strokes; rim edge encircled by narrow lines; dots around shoulder; body (opposite handle) and base: quatrefoil ornament (lotus flowers and cones) in black and purple.

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