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NM Ant 0372 :: oinochoe

Object description: Deep, round mouth with concave profile; short, narrow neck with rounded ridge; depressed globular body with sloping shoulder; raised, vertical band handle from rim to shoulder; low ring base. Greenish buff clay; matt, greenish buff slip; lustrous, black and matt, purple and white paint. Entirely painted black, including inside of mouth; below handle superimposed, purple band between white lines; two (and perhaps more) white lines on lower body; purple band encircling base and area immediatly above; bottom reserved. ‘¶’ scratched on shoulder at one side of handle.

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Inventory number

NM Ant 0372

Serie nummer

652

Object

oinochoe

Material

Earthenware; Clay; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Keramik

Acquisition

Gift from the Swedish and Norwegian Consul at Piraeus, Mr. M. N. Rodocanachi, 1880.

Description

Deep, round mouth with concave profile; short, narrow neck with rounded ridge; depressed globular body with sloping shoulder; raised, vertical band handle from rim to shoulder; low ring base. Greenish buff clay; matt, greenish buff slip; lustrous, black and matt, purple and white paint. Entirely painted black, including inside of mouth; below handle superimposed, purple band between white lines; two (and perhaps more) white lines on lower body; purple band encircling base and area immediatly above; bottom reserved. ‘¶’ scratched on shoulder at one side of handle.

Period

Late Archaic

Time - Manufacturing, earliest

c. 525-500 BC

Name - Owner

Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Description: Nationalmuseum is a publicly owned cultural institution.Nationalmuseum%20is%20a%20publicly%20owned%20cultural%20institution.
Source - http: www.nationalmuseum.se, collections.smvk.se

Comments

Needs marking!; An oinochoe (pl. oinochoai, alternatively spelled oenochoe/oenochoai) is a single-handled vessel, more specifically a jug, usually taller than it is wide. They come in many different shapes and forms, with variations in profile, mouth-type and handle-form. They functioned as pouring vessels for wine and have taken their name from the Greek words “oinos” (wine) and “cheo” (I pour). Miniature versions were often placed in children’s graves.

Keyword

ceramics

Cf Publications

Palmer’s Round-mouthed Oinochoai (Type A). C. V. Blegen et al., Corinth 13: The North Cemetery, Princeton 1964, 112, pl.27:191-3, pl.34:251-1, 258-2, pl.92:X-127.

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