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Aryballos
ἀρύβαλλος
1891 vases
A small round flask with a narrow neck, used by athletes to carry oil for anointing their bodies before exercise. Often attached to the wrist by a thong.
Function & Use
Athlete's oil flask
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1891 examples
Aryballos in the Form of a Bull's Head
1300–1200 B.C.
Globular Aryballos
c. 800 -700 BCE
Ovoid Aryballos
mid-7th century BCE
Aryballos
c. 750 BCE-725 CE
Terracotta fragment of an aryballos?
6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a vase in the form of a hare
early 6th century BCE
Terracotta aryballos (oil flask)
ORI
late 8th–early 7th century BCE
ARYBALLOS (PROTOCORINTHIAN)
-725 TO -675
Terracotta aryballos (oil flask)
ORI
late 8th–early 7th century BCE
ARYBALLOS (PROTOCORINTHIAN, SILHOUETTE)
BF
-700 TO -650
ARYBALLOS (PROTOCORINTHIAN)
-700 TO -650
Aryballos (Etruskischer Spitzaryballos mit Besitzerinschrift)
700-600 v. Chr.
Ovoid Aryballos
mid-7th century
ARYBALLOS (PROTOCORINTHIAN)
-700 TO -650
Aryballos (Container for Oil) in the Form of a Right Foot
7th-6th century BCE (?)
Pointed Aryballos with Scale Pattern
7th century BCE
Terracotta aryballos (oil flask)
ORI
7th century or later
Terracotta aryballos in the form of an eagle's head
ca. late 7th–early 6th century BCE
Terracotta aryballos (perfume vase)
ORI
7th century BCE
Perfume vase (aryballos)
about 675–650 B.C.
ARYBALLOS (PROTOCORINTHIAN, SILHOUETTE)
BF
-675 TO -625
ARYBALLOS (PROTOCORINTHIAN)
-675 TO -625
ARYBALLOS, POINTED (PROTOCORINTHIAN)
-675 TO -625
ARYBALLOS (PROTOCORINTHIAN)
-675 TO -625
ARYBALLOS, POINTED (PROTOCORINTHIAN)
-675 TO -625
Aryballos
675–650 B.C.
Aryballos (oil flask): Griffin, Lion, and Sphinxes; Dogs Hunting Hare
BF
670-630 BCE
Proto-Corinthian Ovoid Aryballos
Fighting Rams Group
·
about 670–630 B.C.
Piriform Aryballos
c. 650 BCE
Proto-Corinthian Piriform Aryballos
c. 650-620 BCE
Protokorinthischer Spitzaryballos mit aufgesetzten Köpfen
650-625 v. Chr.
ARYBALLOS, POINTED (PROTOCORINTHIAN, TRANSITIONAL, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-650 TO -600
Corinthian Globular Aryballos
650-600 BCE
Late Proto-Corinthian Piriform Aryballos
650–640 B.C.
ARYBALLOS (PROTOCORINTHIAN)
-650 TO -600
ARYBALLOS, POINTED (PROTOCORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-650 TO -600
Proto-Corinthian Ovoid Aryballos
about 650–625 B.C.
ARYBALLOS, POINTED (PROTOCORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-650 TO -600
Aryballos (oil flask): Bull between Lions; Dogs Hunting Hare
BF
650-630 BCE
Oil flask (aryballos) in the form of a hare
650-600 BCE
Pointed Aryballos
650-625 BCE
ARYBALLOS, POINTED (PROTOCORINTHIAN, TRANSITIONAL, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-650 TO -600
Protocorinthian (Early Black-Figure) Aryballos (Oil Flask): Animals
BF
c. 650–640 BCE
Terracotta aryballos (oil flask)
ORI
ca. 640–625 BCE
Pointed Aryballos
640-65 BCE
Terracotta aryballos (perfume vase) in the form of a human figure
ca. 640–625 BCE
Corinthian Aryballos
Chigi Group
·
about 640–630 B.C.
Proto-Corinthian Aryballos in the Shape of a Recumbent Ram
640–625 B.C.
Terracotta pointed aryballos (oil flask)
ORI
ca. 640–625 BCE
Terracotta pointed aryballos (oil flask)
ca. 640–625 BCE
Pointed Aryballos (design in black of successive horizontal circles)
c. 625 BCE
Aryballos mit Streifen und Tierfiguren (Kugelaryballos, Kugelförmiger Aryballos: Vier umlaufende Hunde zwischen roten Streifen; zwischen zwei Hunden einmal ein Kreuz)
625-601 v. Chr.
Ring-ware Aryballos
625 BCE-550 BCE
Corinthian Aryballos
625–600 B.C.
Aryballos (Container for Oil)
Etrusco-Corinthian; Etruria, Italy
·
625-600 BCE
Terracotta aryballos (oil flask)
ca. 620–590 BCE
Aryballos (Cointainer for Oil)
BF
Greek; Corinth
·
625-600 BCE
Terracotta aryballos
620–590 BCE
Terracotta aryballos (perfume vase)
BF
Attributed to the Duel Painter
·
ca. 620–590 BCE
Terracotta aryballos (oil flask)
ca. 620–590 BCE
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