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VASE ‘NAM 14177’ IN THE NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, ATHENS AND THE GROUP OF ‘UPSIDE-DOWN’ PAINTED VASES

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 January 2015

Eleni Zosi
Eleni Zosi*
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National Archaeological Museum, Athens
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Abstract

A thorough examination of a vase (inventory no. NAM 14177) kept in the storerooms of the National Archaeological Museum in Athens leads to different conclusions from those reached in its original publication. The shape is that of an early type of aryballos dated to the Middle Protocorinthian period (690–670 bc). It bears a puzzling decoration of ships and standing figures with upraised arms on the body, and the same decoration on the shoulder where, however, it is upside-down. This article attempts to collect together and discuss vases that have been decorated in this manner. The majority of them are kotylai, and their chronology fits into the period between Early Protocorinthian and Middle Corinthian, although the majority of them are dated to the Protocorinthian period.

Το Αγγείο ΕΑΜ 14177 και η ομάδα των “ανεστραμμένα αγγειογραφημένων αγγείων”

Η επανεξέταση του αγγείου ΕΑΜ 14177 οδήγησε στην ταύτιση του σχήματος με μία πρώιμη μορφή αρυβάλλου και στην ορθή χρονολόγησή του στην Μέση Πρωτοκορινθιακή περίοδο (690–670 π.Χ.). Αναλύεται η παράσταση πλοίων με όρθιες μορφές που φέρει το αγγείο, ιδιαίτερα αινιγματική και πρωτότυπη για την περίοδο αυτή. Με αφορμή το ότι η παράσταση στον ώμο έγινε ανάστροφα εξετάζεται το ζήτημα των “ανεστραμμένα αγγειογραφημένων αγγείων” και παρατίθενται προτάσεις για την ερμηνεία τους. Πρόκειται για αγγεία στην πλειονότητά τους χρονολογούμενα από την Πρώιμη Πρωτοκορινθιακή έως την Μέση Κορινθιακή Περίοδο, κυρίως κοτύλες. Τέλος, παρουσιάζεται ένας συγκεντρωτικός κατάλογος από αυτή την κατηγορία των αγγείων.

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Annual of the British School at Athens , Volume 109 , November 2014 , pp. 175 - 190
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