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"The Protocorinthian and Corinthian Archaic pottery from Corfu. A systematic approach of the find... more "The Protocorinthian and Corinthian Archaic pottery from Corfu. A systematic approach of the finds from the plot of Corfu’s Justice Hall"
The excavation carried out in the plot of Corfu’s Justice Hall, during the years 2000-2002, contributes to the study of Corinthian pottery, since it represents, so far, the most extended excavated part of the ancient cemetery on the island. The material presented in this paper is the result of the preliminary study of 224 catalogued Corinthian vases and sherds, that came out from grave contexts and, to a lesser extent, from the infilling of the ancient cemetery.
The finds date between the Middle Protocorinthian and the Late Corinthian period. The types of the Corinthian vases are recurrent (aryballoi-alabastra, kotylai, pyxides, oinochoai, olpai, kraters, kylikes, lekanidai and exaleiptra). They also appear in the material from other excavations in Corfu, though some shapes widely used in Corinth are absent. Apart from some glazed, undecorated vases, decoration is either linear or consists of animal figures, single or arranged in rows. In most cases incision is widely applied, while red and white colours are often used. Human figures appear on three examples, among which an olpe (no 24266) with horsemen in procession and boar hunting. This is a unique example, with regard to the subject and the quality of the decoration, considering also that only two fragments depicting action scenes are known from Corfu.
Due to the lack of systematic and representative chemical analyses of the Corinthian pottery found in Corfu, the present study cannot, for the time being, give answer to the open question as to whether the vases of the 7th and 6th century BC were locally made or imported directly from Corinth. We should, however, underline the presence of high quality vases in the material, some of which seem to belong to well known workshops.
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The excavation carried out in the plot of Corfu’s Justice Hall, during the years 2000-2002, contributes to the study of Corinthian pottery, since it represents, so far, the most extended excavated part of the ancient cemetery on the island. The material presented in this paper is the result of the preliminary study of 224 catalogued Corinthian vases and sherds, that came out from grave contexts and, to a lesser extent, from the infilling of the ancient cemetery.
The finds date between the Middle Protocorinthian and the Late Corinthian period. The types of the Corinthian vases are recurrent (aryballoi-alabastra, kotylai, pyxides, oinochoai, olpai, kraters, kylikes, lekanidai and exaleiptra). They also appear in the material from other excavations in Corfu, though some shapes widely used in Corinth are absent. Apart from some glazed, undecorated vases, decoration is either linear or consists of animal figures, single or arranged in rows. In most cases incision is widely applied, while red and white colours are often used. Human figures appear on three examples, among which an olpe (no 24266) with horsemen in procession and boar hunting. This is a unique example, with regard to the subject and the quality of the decoration, considering also that only two fragments depicting action scenes are known from Corfu.
Due to the lack of systematic and representative chemical analyses of the Corinthian pottery found in Corfu, the present study cannot, for the time being, give answer to the open question as to whether the vases of the 7th and 6th century BC were locally made or imported directly from Corinth. We should, however, underline the presence of high quality vases in the material, some of which seem to belong to well known workshops.
The excavation carried out in the plot of Corfu’s Justice Hall, during the years 2000-2002, contributes to the study of Corinthian pottery, since it represents, so far, the most extended excavated part of the ancient cemetery on the island. The material presented in this paper is the result of the preliminary study of 224 catalogued Corinthian vases and sherds, that came out from grave contexts and, to a lesser extent, from the infilling of the ancient cemetery.
The finds date between the Middle Protocorinthian and the Late Corinthian period. The types of the Corinthian vases are recurrent (aryballoi-alabastra, kotylai, pyxides, oinochoai, olpai, kraters, kylikes, lekanidai and exaleiptra). They also appear in the material from other excavations in Corfu, though some shapes widely used in Corinth are absent. Apart from some glazed, undecorated vases, decoration is either linear or consists of animal figures, single or arranged in rows. In most cases incision is widely applied, while red and white colours are often used. Human figures appear on three examples, among which an olpe (no 24266) with horsemen in procession and boar hunting. This is a unique example, with regard to the subject and the quality of the decoration, considering also that only two fragments depicting action scenes are known from Corfu.
Due to the lack of systematic and representative chemical analyses of the Corinthian pottery found in Corfu, the present study cannot, for the time being, give answer to the open question as to whether the vases of the 7th and 6th century BC were locally made or imported directly from Corinth. We should, however, underline the presence of high quality vases in the material, some of which seem to belong to well known workshops.