- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 1977.216.2204
- Title
- Corinthian Globular Aryballos: Siren Between Two Griffins
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- c. 600-570 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Corinth (Corinthia)
- Period
- Archaic period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/54412
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Terracotta
- Technique
- Wheel-made
- Dimensions
- 15.1 x 14.2 cm (5 15/16 x 5 9/16 in.)
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University
- Accession Year
- 1977
- Object Number
- 1977.216.2204
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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- Descriptions
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- Description
- Clay buff. Decoration in black to brown and purplish red; incisions. Various nicks in surface. Siren between two griffins with the bodies of birds.
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