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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
Terracotta vase in the form of a siren
ca. 550–500 BCE
Double-Headed Aryballos
mid-6th century B.C.
Terracotta aryballos (oil flask)
2nd half of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta aryballos (oil flask)
BF
the Amasis Painter
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ca. 550 BCE
Terracotta vase in the form of a siren
ca. 550–500 BCE
Terracotta vase in the form of a siren
BF
ca. 550–500 BCE
Terracotta aryballos (oil flask) in the form of three cockleshells
RF
late 6th century BCE
Kopfgefäβ (Attischer Kopfaryballos in Form eines dunkelhäutigen Mannes)
525-500 v. Chr.
Terracotta vase in the form of a rooster
late 6th century BCE
Cockleshell Aryballos
525–475 B.C.
Terracotta aryballos (oil flask)
RF
ca. 510 BCE
Attisch rotfiguriger Aryballos
RF
Klinik-Maler
·
500-467 v. Chr.
Terracotta aryballos (perfume bottle) in the shape of a woman's head
RF
Attributed to the Oxford Class of Head Vases
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ca. 500 BCE
Aryballos in the form of two women's heads conjoined
RF
ca. 460 BCE
Terracotta aryballos (oil flask) in the form of two Black African heads
late 5th century BCE
Aryballos in the form of a foot
ca. 400 BCE
Aryballos in the form of a foot
ca. 400 BCE
Terracotta aryballos (oil flask) in the form of three cockleshells
RF
4th century BCE
Aryballos
BF
the Bulas Group
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early 4th century BCE
Terracotta amphoriskos (oil flask)
RF
4th century BCE
Aryballos in the form of a foot with shoe
4th century BCE
Globular Aryballos
Globular Aryballos
Globular Aryballos
Globular Aryballos
GLOBULAR ARYBALLOS
Globular Aryballos
6th century BCE
Globular Aryballos: Warriors with Shields
Small Aryballos
Black-figure Globular Aryballos
BF
Pointed Aryballos
7th-6th century BCE
Globular Aryballos: Billy Goat
7th-6th century BCE
Globular Aryballos
Aryballos: Scale Pattern
6th century BCE
Globular Aryballos
Globular Aryballos
Aryballos (oil bottle)
1st-2nd century CE
Aryballos (oil flask)
1st-2nd century CE
Oil flask (aryballos) with the heads of a Black African and an Egyptian
6th century
Aryballos (Unguentarium)
A.D. 70–100
Aryballos (oil bottle)
2nd-4th century CE
Kugelbecher (Salbgefäß in Form einer Kugelflasche mit zugehörigem Bronzestöpsel an einer Kette)
2.-4. Jahrhundert n. Chr.
Aryballos (Attisches Salbgefäß)
451-475 n. Chr.
Protokorinthischer Spitzaryballos
601-650 n. Chr.
ARYBALLOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN)
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN)
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN)
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ANTIPHON P by BOTHMER
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-500 to -450
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
WG
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN)
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN)
ARYBALLOS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ARYBALLOS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
WG
RING ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
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