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Amphoriskos (Container for Oil)

Black-figure Greek; Corinth · 600-575 BCE

<p>Located on the narrow isthmus that joins the Greek mainland and the Peloponnese, with natural harbors facing east and west, Corinth was the major port of trade in Greece for most of the Archaic period (700–480 BCE). Producers exported scented oil around the Mediterranean in terracotta containers like this one known as an amphoriskos, literally a "little amphora," that survive today in the thousands.</p>

Technique

Black-figure

Date

600-575 BCE

Culture

Corinth

Painter

Greek; Corinth

Dimensions

D: 8.40 cm

Medium

terracotta, black-figure