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<strong>Pottery</strong> <strong>Shapes</strong><br />

1. Alabastron<br />

2. Amphora<br />

3. Aryballos<br />

4. Dinos<br />

5. Hydria<br />

6. Kantharos<br />

7. Krater<br />

8. Kylix<br />

9. Lagynos<br />

10. Lekythos<br />

11. Oinochoe<br />

12. Olpe<br />

13. Pelike<br />

14. Pyxis<br />

15. Pythos<br />

16. Rhyton<br />

17. Skyphos<br />

Ceramic Sequences<br />

1. Protogeometric: c 1100-900 BCE<br />

2. Geometric: c 900 -700 BCE<br />

a. Early geometric 900-850 BCE<br />

b. Middle Geometric: c 850-770 BCE<br />

c. Late Geometric: c 850-700 BCE<br />

3. Orientalizing Style: c 700 - c 600 BCE<br />

a. Proto-Corinthian: c 725-625 BCE<br />

b. Proto-Attic: c 700() - 625 BCE<br />

c. East <strong>Greek</strong> Plastic: c 700 - c 600 BCE<br />

4. Black Figure: c 620-480 BCE<br />

a. Corinth; b. Athens<br />

5. Red Figure: c 480 to 425 BCE<br />

6. White-ground: c 500 BCE – Hellenistic<br />

7. Hellenistic: late 4th C -1st C BCE<br />

1. Alabastron<br />

small flask for perfumes<br />

with sagging profile;<br />

Protocorinthian<br />

c 670-650 BCE<br />

(Griffin)<br />

2. Amphora<br />

two handles and a long<br />

neck narrower than the<br />

body;<br />

used in vast numbers to<br />

transport and store<br />

various products, both<br />

liquid and dry;<br />

Attic<br />

Middle Geometric I<br />

c 850-825 BCE<br />

Amphora<br />

Amphora<br />

Attic black figure<br />

c 510 BCE<br />

(Panathenaic<br />

festival)<br />

Hellenistic<br />

West slope<br />

black gloss<br />

c 160-150 BCE<br />

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3. Aryballos<br />

Aryballos<br />

a small perfume flask<br />

of varying forms<br />

Corinthian<br />

6 th C BCE,<br />

second quarter<br />

Protocorinthian<br />

c 700 BCE<br />

Aryballos<br />

Attic red-figure<br />

5 th C BCE<br />

first quarter<br />

4. Dinos<br />

a large bowl,<br />

round-bottomed,<br />

and requiring a<br />

separate stand;<br />

‘Wild Goat’ Style<br />

North Ionia,<br />

7 th C BCE<br />

5. Hydria<br />

Hydria<br />

a large jar with<br />

vertical handles<br />

for carrying<br />

water<br />

Attic red figure<br />

5 th C BCE<br />

third quarter<br />

Hellenistic<br />

‘Hadra’ hydria<br />

c 235-220 BCE<br />

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6. Kantharos<br />

a vessel with a single vertical<br />

handle, used as a cup or ladle;<br />

7. Krater<br />

a bowl for mixing<br />

wine, of varying<br />

proportions;<br />

Late Protogeometric<br />

Cretan bell krater<br />

c 850 BCE<br />

Krater<br />

Krater<br />

Euboean Late<br />

Geometric I<br />

c 750 BCE<br />

ovoid krater,<br />

pedestalled,<br />

with lid<br />

Attic red-figure<br />

volute krater,<br />

c 460 BCE<br />

Krater<br />

Krater<br />

Attic red-figure<br />

calyx krater<br />

c 460 BCE<br />

Attic red-figure<br />

bell krater<br />

c 410 BCE<br />

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8. Kylix (cup)<br />

Kylix (cup)<br />

a wide-bowled<br />

drinking vessel<br />

with horizontal<br />

handles<br />

East <strong>Greek</strong><br />

‘bird bowl’<br />

7 th C BCE<br />

Attic ‘band cup’<br />

c 550-525 BCE<br />

Kylix<br />

9. Lagynos<br />

a narrow-necked<br />

oinochoe with<br />

depressed<br />

body;<br />

Attic black-figure<br />

c 550 BCE<br />

Hellenistic<br />

150-50 BCE<br />

10. Lekythos<br />

Lekythos<br />

a tall flask for oil<br />

Corinthian red-ground<br />

c 560 BCE<br />

Attic red figure<br />

c 530-520 BCE<br />

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Lekythos<br />

Attic black figure<br />

c 500-490 BCE<br />

Lekythos<br />

Attic red-figure<br />

squat<br />

c 420-400 BCE<br />

Lekythos<br />

Attic white-ground<br />

c 410-400 BCE<br />

Lekythos<br />

Attic white-ground<br />

c 410-400 BCE<br />

Ht 95cm<br />

11. Oinochoe<br />

a jug, usually<br />

with a threelobed<br />

mouth,<br />

for pouring<br />

wine<br />

Euboean colonial<br />

Subgeometric<br />

c. 690 BCE<br />

12. Olpe<br />

round mouthed jug<br />

popular in Corinth<br />

from Late Proto-<br />

Corinthian onwards<br />

Proto-Corinthian<br />

c 640 BCE<br />

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13. Pelike<br />

a kind of<br />

amphora with<br />

sagging profile<br />

Apulian red figure<br />

340-330 BCE<br />

14. Pyxis<br />

holders of<br />

cosmetics<br />

or jewelry<br />

(in the form of a<br />

chest, with<br />

model<br />

granaries on<br />

lid)<br />

Attic<br />

Early Geometric II<br />

850 BCE<br />

Pyxis<br />

Corinthian<br />

c. 600 BCE<br />

15. Pythos<br />

a tall storage<br />

vessel of very<br />

large<br />

dimensions<br />

Minoan<br />

New Palace period<br />

1700 – 1450 BCE<br />

16. Rhyton<br />

a drinking horn<br />

Attic<br />

c 470-460 BCE<br />

17. Skyphos<br />

a drinking vessel<br />

with a deeper<br />

bowl than a<br />

kylix and with a<br />

short lip<br />

Euboean pendentsemicircle<br />

early 8 th C BCE<br />

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