Aryballos

54-28-229

Location: On Display in the Eastern Mediterranean Gallery

From: Kourion | Cyprus | Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 54-28-229
Current Location Eastern Mediterranean Gallery - On Display
Provenience Kourion | Cyprus | Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates
Site Name Kourion
Date Made 600–500 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Egyptian Blue | Faience
Description

Paste: janiform aryballos. Soft medium blue paste of fine consistency. Complete except for much of lip and a bit of lower wall. On one side, Egyptian male head. On other, a grotesque head (animal? dramatic mask?).

Height 4.7 cm
Width 2.6 cm
Depth 4.3 cm
Credit Line Cyprus Expedition, George H. McFadden, 1954
Other Number MI558 - Field No SF

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